The Inquiry has published its final Report today - Thursday 20 October 2022. It follows: • 325 days of public hearings with 725 witnesses • 2,457,543 pages of evidence being processed • The publication of the Interim report, 19 investigation reports, 24 research...
The Deputy First Minister has announced the Chair of Redress Scotland, the public body which will make decisions on levels of financial redress awarded to survivors of historical child abuse in care. Johnny Gwynne is the former Deputy Chief Constable of Police...
Sports coaches and faith leaders who have sexual relationships with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care will be breaking the law under new legislation planned for England and Wales. The move would put them on par with roles like teachers and social workers....
A pensioner who sexually abused a child has been jailed almost 40 years later after his victim came forward. Ian Scott, 74, raped his victim, who has lifelong anonymity, on two occasions and indecently assaulted her on four occasions in the 1970s while living in...
Facebook has been accused of choosing to shield paedophiles for profit by ignoring police warnings that its plans to toughen encryption will make the platform a safe haven for abusers. The warning came as one of the UK’s worst child abusers, David Wilson, was jailed...
A former BBC presenter and pastor has been jailed for 10 years and four months after he confessed to his “dark secret” as a prolific sex abuser. Benjamin Thomas, who worked on Wales Today and Welsh language children’s programme Ffeil, was sentenced at Mold Crown Court...
For many decades, Neil Harris abused his position as a dance and gymnastics teacher to sexually assault and abuse his vulnerable victims. In June 2020 he was jailed for a second time. Some of Harris's victims have told of the impact the childhood attacks have had on...
British Gymnastics has announced an independent inquiry into “shocking and upsetting” allegations of serious physical and emotional abuse made by multiple elite athletes, including fresh claims of fat-shaming by one London 2012 Olympian.Francesca Fox, who competed as...
The Inquiry has published new research into child sexual abuse in sports, which finds that coaches and instructors exploited children’s vulnerabilities in order to groom and abuse them. Based on the accounts of victims and survivors who came forward to the Truth...
The head of Hampshire Constabulary’s Internet Child Abuse Team has urged parents to be watchful and aware of online child abuse. He has warned those considering exploiting children online they will 'face the consequences’ Detective Superintendent Justin Torgout has...
Thames Valley Police have confirmed it has received 64 reports of online child abuse due to the targeting of minors in the Coronavirus lockdown. The reports received in March 2020 are over a 200% increase compared to 26 for the same month in 2019. Det Ch Insp Matt...
The NSPCC have released some very useful information in respect of ensuring that signs of abuse and neglect are spotted in times whereby contact with adults and those who can spot the signs is reduced. Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) we are all self-isolating, social...
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