If a child reports abuse, there is still no duty not to ignore: UK law needs to change now
Children must finally have the confidence that if they report abuse their disclosure will not be ignored.
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MI5 files reveal Thatcher supported key ally over child sex abuse claims
MI5 files have revealed for the first time what many suspected. Margaret Thatcher was aware of alleged sexual offences by her Private Parliamentary Secretary Sir Peter Morrison yet chose to defend him. Testimony as well as documents MI5 have handed to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) suggest ...
Westminster child sex abuse probe hears how parties and police covered up abuse
The Westminster stage of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has heard shocking allegations of cover ups by political parties, police and the prosecution service. Today an investigation opened into “whether Westminster institutions have failed and whether indeed they are still failing to protect children from child sex abuse.” ...
PM’s refusal to shut down child sex abuse inquiry into late Lord Janner a ‘political mistake’, his son said
Daniel Janner QC made the comments before the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse began hearing evidence from alleged victims of a paedophile sex ring.
Home Secretary asked to apologise for “state-approved and sanctioned child abuse”
“The Home Office published reports about corporal punishment in approved schools … they analysed with charts and graphs how useful lashing was to stop boys from running away. “Nobody asked why the boys were running away … This was state-approved and sanctioned child abuse and it was universally known of.”
Cardinal Vincent Nichols quizzed by child abuse inquiry over Fr Tolkien, son of Lord of the Rings writer
The Archbishop of Westminster became the first cardinal in British history to testify under oath as he was questioned by the counsel for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today at a hearing in central London. The investigation into how institutions in England and Wales handled their duty ...
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster to give evidence to child abuse inquiry
England’s most senior Catholic clergyman, Cardinal Vincent Nichols is to face questions at the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today. The Archbishop of Westminster was due to appear last month, but pulled out of the central London inquiry due to ill health. He will face questions from the ...
45 years on, abused boys of Forde Park School horror finally receive apology
Over four decades after boys taught at a Home Office approved school taken over by Devon County Council were brutalised and abused in a horrific regime, the local authority that should have looked out for them as children has finally apologised. The apology was read out at the Independent Inquiry ...
Home Office, councils & insurance firms colluded in child abuse cover up, inquiry reveals
“A civil justice system that allows local authorities and insurance companies to cover up sexual abuse of children, to protect reputations and save money, is neither civil nor is it just”