Paddy Jackson has denied “concocting” a story with his friends to cover their tracks in case of rape allegations. The Irish rugby international was giving evidence on the 28th day
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Aid charities will on Monday be told to take action to restore trust and improve standards following the sex scandal which engulfed the sector. Ahead of a London summit, International
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Cases of children being sexually abused by aid workers are among a batch of 80 incidents reported to a watchdog in the past three weeks. Charities have told the Charity
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Sexual abuse thrived in the Anglican Church due to clerical naivety about exploitation risks and an “excessive emphasis” on forgiving predators, an inquiry has heard. The Independent Inquiry into Child
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Ministers have ruled out imposing measures that could have resulted in school secretaries, caterers and caretakers facing jail if they failed to raise the alarm about child abuse. In 2016
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A fifth of staff working at the Scottish Parliament have experienced sexual harassment or sexist behaviour, a survey has found. A confidential survey of more than 1,000 employees last year,
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Kincora child abuse survivor Clint Massey has died. Mr Massey spent eight months in the notorious East Belfast residential home aged 16. It opened on Belfast’s Upper Newtownards Road, close
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Prosecutors have concluded their case against two Ireland and Ulster rugby players accused of rape. The Crown completed presenting evidence on day 24 of the high profile trial at Belfast
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A Catholic bishop in Northern Ireland has resigned following claims he celebrated Mass alongside a priest he knew was a paedophile. Dr John McAreavey was Bishop of Dromore. Diocesan secretary
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A woman who has accused two Irish rugby players of rape was branded a “silly girl” who was “causing trouble for the lads” in messages exchanged among their friends, a
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