Child sexual abuse, also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation.

The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect defines child sexual abuse as: "Contacts or interactions between a child and an adult when the child is being used for sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or another person when the perpetrator or another person is in a position of power or control over the victim." 

Sexual abuse has been defined to include inappropriate physical contact, making a child view sexual acts or pornography, using a child in making pornography, or exposing an adult's genitals to a child. 

 Neglect, T. N. (n.d.). Child Sexual Molestation Law and Legal. Retrieved from UsLegal.com.