More than half of people in the UK underestimate how widespread child sexual abuse is, a leading children’s charity has said. According to a survey commissioned by Barnardo’s, 55% of
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Images of child sexual abuse can be accessed on the open web in just three clicks, investigators have warned. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said offenders can orchestrate attacks on
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One of the victims of paedophile monk Peter Turner has said the abuse he suffered at his hands is just as likely to kill him as disease or old age.
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A former monk at a Catholic boarding school who continued to abuse young boys after confessing to having sexual contact with a pupil has been jailed for more than 20
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Schools should take a “welfare approach” to both the victim and the perpetrator in cases of child-on-child sexual abuse, a safeguarding specialist has recommended. Dr Jenny Lloyd (pictured), a senior
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A new campaign has launched in Wales, during Sexual Violence Awareness week, which aims to end the silence around sexual abuse. The ‘This is Sexual Abuse’ campaign helps people to
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A High Court judge has raised concern after hearing that ministers in a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses waited more than two and a half years before telling police that a
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Children who are sexually abused by family members are going “unseen and unheard” by agencies who are “woefully ill-equipped” to deal with the issue, according to a new report. Children
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An elderly man who has gone on hunger strike after being accused of historical child sex abuse must be presumed to have the mental capacity to make decisions about eating,
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In the UK, the debate around so-called Asian grooming gangs and the sexual threat they pose to vulnerable white girls shows no sign of abating. A leaked report produced by
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