Hi, Blandiver - I changed the thread title. We try to have a degree of specificity in thread titles, so people know more-or-less what's inside. I don't know what things are like where you live, but where I live here in California, a distinction is made between child abuse (causing physical or mental harm) and child molestation abuse of a sexual nature. "Nine counts of indecent assault and four of making indecent images of children" would fall in the latter category, although actual "molestation" usually involves some sort of genital contact. If convicted of such offenses, the person would have to be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life. So, given the limited space allowed for thread titles, I figured "sex charges" was an apt description.