Police hit out at BBC over Panorama programme on historic sexual abuse
Scotland Yard has hit out at the BBC after it broadcast a Panorama programme focusing on the claims of a man who made allegations of child sex abuse by a
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Archbishop denies cover-up as ex-bishop Peter Ball jailed for sex abuse
A former Archbishop of Canterbury today denied presiding over a “cover-up” as one of his senior clergymen was jailed for sexually abusing aspiring priests – 22 years after it first
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Inquiry into historical care abuse gets under way in Scotland
A public inquiry into the historical abuse of children in care in Scotland will formally start its work today. The Scottish Government pledged to ”shine a light in the dark
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Scotland Yard defends ‘complex’ murder and child abuse probe
Scotland Yard has defended a controversial inquiry into claims of murder and child abuse by establishment figures. The Metropolitan Police issued a lengthy statement following a slew of reports raising
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Senior police ‘blocked investigations into historical child sex abuse by MPs and VIPs’
Special Branch and senior police are accused of sinking investigations into historical child sex abuse by VIPs, MPs and officers in new corruption allegations against Scotland Yard. The police watchdog
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Tartaglia apologies over church abuse as Commission publishes recommendations
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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Corbyn dismisses claim he failed to investigate Islington child abuse
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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Danczuk speaks of personal cost of campaigning for child abuse victims
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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Judge dismisses legal challenge over abuse chair appointment
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 charged over historic abuse at Edinburgh private school
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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