The Local Switzerland

Swiss coach made covert videos of 80 primary school children in changing rooms

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:14:29 +0200

The 21-year-old football coach secretly filmed children from at least five primary schools between November 2017 and December 2018 at a swimming pool in the canton of Lucerne.

Reporting of adult sex abuse to be mandatory: Swiss Catholic Church

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:58:55 +0200

The Swiss Bishops' Conference on Wednesday pledged to make it mandatory to report sexual abuse of adults in the Catholic church, even without the victim's permission.

Swiss rape suspect Tariq Ramadan has multiple sclerosis: doctors

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:53:18 +0200

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, in detention in France over rape allegations, is suffering from multiple sclerosis, but could be treated behind bars, according to judicial medical opinion.

Polanski won't face charges over latest Swiss rape allegations

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:27:23 +0100

Swiss prosecutors on Wednesday ruled out bringing charges over the latest rape allegations against filmmaker Roman Polanski because the statute of limitations for the alleged 1972 assault had expired.

Swiss professor takes leave of absence from Oxford over sexual abuse allegations

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:44:07 +0100

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has taken a leave of absence from the University of Oxford following multiple rape and sexual misconduct allegations, the British institution said on Tuesday.

Teacher jailed for ‘sado-masochism’ with pupils

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:30:00 +0100

A former theatre teacher convicted of having sex and sado-masochistic relations with adolescent girls who were his pupils, over a 10-year period, was sentenced by a Lausanne magistrates’ court on Thursday to five years in jail.

Pedophile Geneva money manager handed jail term

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:36:00 +0100

A criminal court in Nyon in the canton of Vaud on Thursday sentenced a 64-year-old financial manager to nine years in jail for raping a 11-year-old girl and sexually abusing another girl.

Zurich swim instructor jailed for child sex abuse

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:58:00 +0200

A Zurich court on Tuesday jailed a 36-year-old swim instructor for four and a half years for sexually abusing two boys, including one of them over a five-year period.

Chat-room rapist gets ten years

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:30:05 +0200

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for posing as a girl in internet chat-rooms, luring two girls to meet him and then sexually abusing them.

Sex abuse dentist jailed for 15 months

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:53:00 +0200

A dentist accused of indecent exposure and performing sexual acts on patients has been sentenced to 15 months in prison with no parole and a hefty fine.

Peers behind most teen sex abuse: study

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:30:18 +0100

A recent study has shown that while sexual assaults on younger children are most often committed by family members, adolescents are more often abused by their peers.