Inquiry hears Fr Brendan Smyth ‘may have abused hundreds’
A notorious paedophile priest told a doctor he had sexually abused hundreds of children, an inquiry has heard. Fr Brendan Smyth made the admission in February 1994 – the year
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Man questioned over Westminster VIP paedophile ring
Police investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse and murder by a VIP paedophile ring have interviewed a man in his 60s under caution. The man from Grantham, Lincolnshire, attended
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Dramatic increase in reports of child abuse offences
Police are recording 85 child sex crimes every day after a dramatic spike in reports of abuse, new figures reveal. A total of 31,238 allegations of sexual offences against children,
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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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Child abuse doctor has sentence reduced by six years
A children’s doctor who abused 18 boys in his care has had his 22-year jail sentence reduced to 16 years. Myles Bradbury, 42, from Herringswell, Suffolk, who worked as a
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Police Scotland investigating new Janner sex abuse claim
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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Care worker jailed over sexual abuse at Ayrshire boys home
A former children’s care home worker has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of a catalogue of abuse on vulnerable boys in Ayrshire. Brian Newman, 58, denied abusing
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Call for churches to be included in Scottish child abuse inquiry
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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Norfolk abuse trial hears social work files were ‘doctored’
Ten “seemingly respectable” people – including six women – are standing trial at Norwich Crown Court accused of subjecting young children to sexual and physical abuse over more than a
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Increase in rape reporting placing ‘overwhelming burden’ on police
Police and prosecutors need “to undertake radical change” in the way they handle rape complaints after an independent report highlighted the “overwhelming burden” on police staff, with “high levels of
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