Scotland’s most senior Catholic Archbishop, Philip Tartaglia, has apologised to survivors of abuse within the church in Scotland following the publication of an independent review of its handling of allegations.
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The Labour leadership battle has become increasingly bitter after a campaigning MP claimed Jeremy Corbyn was unfit to win the contest because he failed to investigate historical allegations of child
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Labour MP Simon Danczuk has spoken of the personal cost of his battle to expose child sex abuse, saying it left him depressed and helped wreck his marriage. The backbencher
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A judge has dismissed a legal bid by two Catholic charities to overturn the appointment of a top QC as chairwoman of an inquiry into historic child abuse in Scotland.
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Two men in their sixties have been charged in connection with allegations of historic abuse at one of Scotland’s top private schools. Police Scotland confirmed the abuse charges date back
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Police are investigating claims of historical abuse at three boys’ boarding schools. Former pupils allege they were assaulted at the privately-run Dowdeswell Court (pictured) and Badgeworth Court schools in Gloucestershire
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Police in Scotland are reportedly investigating a historic complaint against Labour peer Lord Janner. The investigation relates to claims that Lord Janner took a boy north of the border in
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The Churches Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) has today called on the Scottish National Inquiry into Historic Child Abuse to include within its remit abuse which involved churches. CCPAS say
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Susan O’Brien QC will chair the statutory national public Inquiry into historical abuse of children in care, Angela Constance announced yesterday. In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, the Education
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The scandal of historic child abuse will “corrode everything” over the course of the new Parliament, a Labour MP has warned. John Mann (Bassetlaw) said it would be one of
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