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Sexual assault allegations

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Sexual assault allegations.

  1. SENIOR Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen

    Power over gender

    Sexual violence is ultimately about power, not gender. Its wounds are no lighter when the victim is a boy and the offender is a woman.

  2. Distinction between rape and sexual abuse (2)

    Distinction between rape and sexual abuse (2)

    The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a teacher for sexually abusing a 14-year-old student under Section 5(b) of Republic Act No. 7610, or the Special…

  3. Distinction between rape and sexual abuse (1)

    Distinction between rape and sexual abuse (1)

    ‘...sexual abuse,’ as defined under RA 7610, encompasses situations wherein a minor indulges — or, put differently, consents, albeit defectively — to engage in…