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Farage nowhere to be seen in Commons for Child Sexual Exploitation announcement

by Jack Peat

Yvette Cooper set out how Labour plans to act on the recommendations made by the Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).

Survivors of child migrant scheme want answers from Prince Charles

by Joe Mellor

“I just think it’s appalling, absolutely appalling. I mean, it’s cruel. People are dying, people are dying and (the Prince’s Trust) promised that they would expedite this and they haven’t. Justice is being denied still,”

Gary Glitter: Jim Davidson says convicted paedophile is ‘remorseful’ and wants to begin new life

by Joe Mellor

Glitter, 77, is currently serving a 16 year sentence for sexual offences.

Catholic leader won’t resign despite ‘damning’ child sex abuse findings

by Henry Goodwin

“I do what I’m told. The Holy Father put me here and he tells me to stay here – that’s enough for me.”

Trevor Devamanikkam, installed as the vicar of St Aidan's parish church by Archdeacon of Craven David Arthur Rogers on 6th March 1984. The Church of England spent decades failing to protect some children and young people from sexual predators, preferring instead to protect its own reputation, a damning report has found. The Church was accused of being “in direct conflict” with its moral purpose of providing “care and love for the innocent and the vulnerable” by failing to take abuse allegations seriously, neglecting the “physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing” of the young, and creating a culture where abusers were able to “hide”. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA) report into the Anglican Church also found examples of clergymen being ordained despite a history of child sexual offences. One victim who gave evidence to the inquiry was Matt Ineson, who told of his sexual abuse at the hands of a Bradford vicar. Mr Ineson said the abuse began in 1984 when, following a family breakdown at the age of 16, he was sent to sit with Trevor Devamanikkam, who at the time was vicar at St Aidan's Church in Buttershaw. He went on to become a vicar himself in South Yorkshire and only reported the abuse decades later, in 2012, to the Bishop of Doncaster, Peter Burrows. Mr Devamanikkam was later charged with six offences relating to sexual assaults in the 1980s and killed himself, aged 70, in 2017, on the day he was due in court for the first time.

The Church of England ‘failed to protect children from alleged sexual predators’

by Joe Mellor

"Over many decades, the Church of England failed to protect children and young people from sexual abusers, instead facilitating a culture where perpetrators could hide and victims faced barriers to disclosure that many could not overcome."

Establishment covered up child abuse claims to protect senior MPs, inquiry finds

by Jack Peat

The Westminster strand of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said institutions turned ‘a blind eye’ to allegations over decades.

Gaps in legal system allow sex offenders to travel abroad, inquiry finds

by Joe Mellor

The inquiry found a disparity between the high number of registered sex offenders and the low number of such orders banning foreign travel being made.