A priest who led an evangelical movement in the 1980s and 1990s has appeared in court to face multiple allegations of sexual offences against former members of a church congregation.
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A 90-year-old man who physically and sexually abused boys in his care at a residential school in the 1960s has branded his victims “unhinged” and said they should be investigated
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Five men, aged between 69 and 90, have been arrested and charged in connection with alleged, non-recent, abuse incidents at Edinburgh Academy, police have said. Police Scotland said that a
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UK governments must bear the majority of the blame for failing to halt “abusive” child migration schemes, an inquiry has found. Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry chairwoman Lady Smith (pictured) has
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The Metropolitan Police is investigating multiple sex offence allegations following news reports about Russell Brand. On Monday, the force said it had received a “number of allegations of sexual offences
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The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was initially hampered by an unwillingness to acknowledge structural abuse, it has been told. Professor Kenneth Norrie (pictured), an expert in law from Strathclyde University,
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A former “house mother” who abused children in her care in the 1960s and 1970s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Retired social worker Euphemia Ramsay, 76,
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Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has told an inquiry of sexual abuse he endured at Edinburgh Academy as he compared a teacher to Jimmy Savile. Mr Campbell, 62, attended Edinburgh Academy, a
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An accused former teacher was supported in a bid to adopt a child by a psychiatrist who believed he could “cure him” – and intervened to stop him being sacked
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A former Durham coach has admitted sexually assaulting a teenage player after being convicted of similar offences against young cricketers on four previous occasions. Michael Strange (pictured), 63, appeared via
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