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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The Methodist Church in Britain has apologised for failing to protect children and adults following nearly 2,000 reports of physical and sexual abuse within the institution dating back to the
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Three men have been found guilty of historical sexual abuse at a school for vulnerable boys over a period of more than 30 years. Colwyn Baker, David Hennessy and Nigel
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More than 1,400 suspects have been investigated by police probing historic child sex abuse allegations against VIPs including politicians, celebrities and institutions. The figures were revealed by Operation Hydrant, a
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Revelations that opportunities were missed to prosecute a former Labour peer for alleged sex attacks on children have been described as “very depressing” by a senior prosecutor. Lord Janner, now
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A child sex abuse victim has claimed he was molested by “very powerful people” at several key locations connected to an alleged VIP paedophile ring. Richard Kerr, who was a
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A “voyeuristic” Catholic priest has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing a vulnerable teenage boy at a children’s home. Father Anthony McSweeney, 68, preyed on the youngster while
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Survivors of historical abuse in care or in institutions in Scotland are being asked to help shape the recently announced Inquiry into historical abuse at events next week. Additional meetings
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