Boy beaten after catching nuns in an embrace, child abuse inquiry told
A young boy was beaten “black and blue”, as though he had been in a boxing match, after catching two nuns in an embrace, an inquiry has heard. A man
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Girl being abused by priest had arm broken by nun, inquiry hears
A nun broke a young girl’s arm as she reacted to discovering the child was being sexually abused by a priest, an inquiry has heard. A witness told how she
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Parents warned of dangers of live streaming after child sex abuse crackdown
Nearly 200 suspected paedophiles were arrested in just one week as investigators warned of a rise in the use of live streaming to groom, blackmail and abuse victims. The National
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Doctor who carried out Poppi post-mortem ‘strongly suspicious of child abuse’
A doctor said she suspected child abuse on examining the body of Poppi Worthington, who was ‘probably’ sexually assaulted by her father before her death. Home Office pathologist Alison Armour
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Police release CCTV of man wanted over 25 sexual assaults in London
Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with a string of sex assaults on victims as young as 13. About 25 women
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Nun ‘killed’ young boy at South Lanarkshire orphanage, child abuse inquiry hears
A nun “killed” a four-year-old boy at an orphanage, a child abuse inquiry has heard. A witness, who cannot be named, said he heard the boy being beaten then never
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Orphanage abuse victim breaks down as he recalls beatings and sexual assaults
A former altar boy has waived his anonymity to tell a child abuse inquiry of beatings and sexual abuse at an orphanage. William Connelly broke down in tears as he
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Two people drowned on international volunteering programme, watchdog says
Two people have drowned and others have been victims of sexual assault while taking part in an international volunteering programme, the Government spending watchdog said. Other volunteers have been detained
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Young seeking Childline counselling over sexual exploitation up by one-third
The number of young people contacting Childline about child sexual exploitation rose by a third last year. The charity delivered 3,122 counselling sessions to children and teenagers on the issue
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Social worker who won anonymity in child abuse case to go to European Court
A social worker who was criticised by a family court judge investigating child sex abuse allegations is set to take her case to the European Court of Human Rights after
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