Reading the authoritative letter from the Vatican to bishops worldwide one picture emerges more than any other: far from being some sort of well-organised paedophile protection ring, church bureaucrats have been flailing around desperately in an attempt to police the … Continue reading
The findings of the MACSAS Survey conducted throughout 2010 are shocking: victims reported that cases of sexual abuse are still being ignored and disregarded, no actions or ineffective actions are being taken against clergy and religious who remain in ministry … Continue reading
A woman and seven men have appeared in court charged with being involved in a worldwide internet child abuse ring. The defendants face a total of 113 charges including rape and sexual assault of children aged under 13. They are … Continue reading
A row has flared over an advert by an animal rights group which claims that giving children meat is “child abuse”. Peta says it paid for the billboard poster in Merthyr because the town has a problem with overweight youngsters. … Continue reading
Hundreds of young people are trying to sue local authorities in England and Wales for failing to remove them from abusive homes, lawyers are claiming. Victims are claiming that social workers’ negligence meant they were not protected from abuse. Sarah … Continue reading
More than 50 ex-pupils of a top Catholic school have accused a former rector of sexually and mentally abusing them. Now, the Bishop of Salford has been forced to apologise over claims that Monsignor Thomas Duggan interfered with scores of … Continue reading
A major child abuse investigation is being carried out in Devon. Thousands of parents of children at secondary schools in Torbay and Teignbridge have been sent letters informing them of the investigation. One head teacher said the letters were being … Continue reading
A Hampshire law firm representing 21 victims of abuse in Jersey has expressed concerns about the decision not to hold a public inquiry into the historic child abuse investigation. Verisona is seeking substantial damages from the States on behalf of … Continue reading
A Vatican department advised Ireland’s Catholic bishops in 1997 not to report priests suspected of child abuse to the police, a newly revealed letter shows. Obtained by Irish broadcaster RTE, the letter shows Vatican officials rejected an initiative to begin … Continue reading
A Guernsey man has been jailed for three months after possessing indecent images of children. Stephen Mark Du Feu, 50, appeared in Guernsey’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday facing eight charges. Du Feu had already pleaded guilty to all eight, which … Continue reading
