A childcare boss has told an abuse inquiry that too much emphasis was placed on preventing harm from strangers, rather than those youngsters knew. Charles Coggrave told the Scottish Child
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The Church of England’s annual safeguarding budget has risen from around £50,000 to £7 million, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. The Most Rev Justin Welby added that the church
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An “emotive and provocative” television documentary about the work of a charity led to alleged abuse victims coming forward and sparked thousands of requests for access to records, an inquiry
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Recruiting and retaining staff was a “huge challenge” for some residential care establishments in the past, an academic has told a child abuse probe. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard
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Detectives in West Yorkshire have arrested 55 men as part of an investigation into historical allegations of child sex abuse. Police said the men were arrested after seven women made
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A man killed himself after his allegations of being sexually abused as a child in care were dismissed by police, a former director of Barnardo’s Scotland has claimed. Hugh Mackintosh
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A former senior boss at Barnardo’s in Scotland has admitted some of the organisation’s previous practices for children in residential care were “not good enough”. Speaking at the Scottish Child
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The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales has denied a child sex abuse survivor’s claim he covered up for the actions of a priest at the centre of
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A former resident of a children’s home confided to an ex-employee he had been raped and sexually abused as a teenager, an inquiry has been told. The Scottish Child Abuse
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The man known as “Nick” whose allegations sparked the Westminster sex abuse probe can now be identified after a judge lifted legal restriction. Carl Beech (pictured), 50, who is accused
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