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Child sexual abuse inquiry calls for tougher regulation of residential special schools

By John Pring on 3rd March 2022 Category: Crime

Child sexual abuse inquiry calls for tougher regulation of residential special schools
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A major investigation by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has called for tougher inspection and oversight of residential special schools, after hearing how some teachers exploited their positions to groom and abuse disabled pupils. A report on the […]

Police and councils ‘must do more to protect disabled children from sexual exploitation’

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Crime

Police and councils ‘must do more to protect disabled children from sexual exploitation’
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Police forces and local authorities must do more to protect disabled children from the risk of child sexual exploitation, according to a major investigation by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. The inquiry’s report, published this week, says that children […]

Government uses loophole to block inquiry on civil servant sex abuse evidence

By John Pring on 29th October 2020 Category: Crime

Government uses loophole to block inquiry on civil servant sex abuse evidence
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The government has used a freedom of information loophole to hide evidence that would show if a former senior civil servant – later arrested over two unconnected rape allegations – helped block laws that would have protected disabled people from sex […]

Government’s silence over sex abuse inquiry evidence

By John Pring on 10th October 2019 Category: Crime

Government’s silence over sex abuse inquiry evidence
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A government department appears to be trying to cover up evidence that a former senior civil servant – later arrested over two unconnected rape allegations – may have helped block tougher laws on the sexual abuse of disabled people. The Department […]

Inquiry encourages Deaf survivors to share childhood sexual abuse experiences

By John Pring on 6th June 2019 Category: Crime

Inquiry encourages Deaf survivors to share childhood sexual abuse experiences
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Deaf survivors of sexual abuse are being encouraged to share their childhood experiences as part of a major independent inquiry. The Truth Project, one of the three parts of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, this week launched new measures […]

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