A former children’s home worker and Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to sexual assaults against children in the 1970s. Philip Temple, 66, admitted 27 counts of non-recent sexual assault committed
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The chairwoman who has quit the troubled inquiry into child sex abuse has been asked to explain herself to MPs. Dame Lowell Goddard is the third person to resign as
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Dame Lowell Goddard’s decision to quit as head of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse – 18 months after she took on the role – has been met with
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Dame Lowell Goddard has resigned as head of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse Dame Lowell, 67, a New Zealand high court judge, was appointed to lead the inquiry
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A man who kidnapped a teenager and sexually assaulted her in a “dungeon” has been jailed after police tracked him down more than 30 years later. David Green, 60, approached
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Britain’s troubled inquiry into child sex abuse has been thrown into doubt as New Zealand high court judge Dame Lowell Goddard became its third chairman to resign. Dame Lowell said
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Dame Lowell Goddard, the head of Britain’s inquiry into child abuse, has spent more than 70 days working abroad or on holiday in her first year in the role. This
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Lord Greville Janner’s daughter has described child sex abuse allegations against him as “grossly unfair”. The peer, who died aged 87 in December, is alleged to have abused youngsters over
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A senior judge has been appointed to lead the independent public inquiry into the abuse of children in care, weeks after its previous chair quit following claims she had made
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Hearings into allegations of child sex abuse against Sir Cyril Smith will not begin until the middle of next year. Ben Emmerson QC, counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child
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