Violation of legal or moral codes on sexual behavior.
1There are 246 prisoners serving sentences for sex offences and treatment is voluntary.
2Two Otago men have today been jailed for historic sex offences.
3Pell is the most senior Catholic official worldwide imprisoned for child sex offences.
4He was first detained on sex offences when he was 13.
5Pell is the highest-ranking Catholic worldwide to be convicted of child sex offences.
6A Fijian pastor has been found guilty of rape and other sex offences.
7The 39-year-old whistleblower is wanted in Sweden for alleged sex offences which he denies.
8The actor Michael Le Vell has been found not guilty of child sex offences.
9Pell is the highest ranking Catholic worldwide to be jailed for child sex offences.
10He was deported from Thailand, where he was under investigation for child sex offences.
11Epstein was later convicted of sex offences, and subsequently died in prison in 2019.
12Background:A number of recent sentences for sex offences have been criticised as being too lenient.
13Former New South Wales Labor MP Milton Orkopoulos has been arrested over historical sex offences.
14The Department of Justice is to publish a discussion document on sex offences this month.
15A former soccer coach has pleaded guilty to seven child sex offences in the UK.
16An American Samoa policeman is expected back in court to plead to three sex offences.