Jackie Long
What took you so long, Shaun Wright?
It is hard to escape the conclusion that Shaun Wright is a man who takes a while to work out what is the best, the right thing to do.
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Victim of John Earle’s abuse speaks out
Two and a half years ago, a pensioner walked into a police station and handed in a piece of paper. It revealed a horrific secret he’d kept hidden for most of his life – a litany of sexual abuse he’d suffered at a private school in Devon in the 1950s and 60s. His abuser went…
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5m
Child exploitation rising in Greater Manchester
There’s been a huge rise in the number of child exploitation offences in Greater Manchester in just three years.
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Jackie Long
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Jackie Long
It’s been a long week in Rotherham
Not much has changed since last week’s Rotherham child sex abuse report. But do we really need any more information before introducing meaningful change?
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Jackie Long
Why did those there to care for Rotherham’s children look away?
The most shocking aspect of today’s Rotherham report is the sheer scale: 1,400 children exploited in a decade and a half.
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FactCheck: how many paedophiles in Britain?
Is there more child sex abuse in Britain than in other countries? And what can we do about it?
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Jon Snow
Child abuse, cover-ups and public schools
The NSPCC has finally said that turning a blind eye to child abuse should be a criminal offence – and they are right to include public schools.
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Jackie Long
How we can stop children from sexually abusing other children
8,000 children under the age of 18 have been accused of sexually abusing another child over the past two years, offences including serious sexual assault and rape.
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Jon Snow
How Savile and Harris must have haunted their victims
I have already described how I was abused as a child – but my abuser did not haunt me because, unlike Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris, he was not constantly in the public eye.
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Jackie Long
Child abuse and the Catholic church: is the Vatican still resisting reform?
A UN Committee say the Catholic church has proved itself neither capable nor willing to properly root out abuse.
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Jackie Long
Protecting children – what’s the point of serious case reviews?
Even before the guilty verdict was released, a serious case review into the death of Hamzah Khan was announced. But with 200 launched a year, all with similar findings, how long before something changes?
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Geoff White
Watchdog gets new powers to tackle child sex abuse images
After a meeting with Culture Secretary Maria Miller, technology companies agree to give the watchdog for child sex images online the power to seek out content, rather than just following up leads. But is it enough?
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Jackie Long
Why do some grown men think child exploitation is acceptable?
Operation Bullfinch suggests sexual exploitation is a problem particular to the Pakistani Muslim community. But could it be wider than that?
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Alex Thomson
Let’s beat up a baby
Facebook says it’s against child abuse. But its slow-footed response to a disturbing video on its site has raised questions about how well it deals with such material.
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Jackie Long
Rochdale grooming review: one child’s story
The shocking details of what happened to one girl involved in the Rochdale abuse scandal is at odds with the official language of the report published today.