Bristol Crown Court heard how “disturbing” photographs of children were found in emails by a computer engineer. He was giving evidence in the trial of a 43 year old woman, who denies sexually assaulting a baby and allowing photos to be taken. Another man has already pleaded guilty to taking indecent photographs.
Under Section 1 of the Protection of [...]
The BBC reports that a settlement has been made to a woman, who alleged that she was forcibly drugged and sexually abused whilst in the care of a church run children’s home. Teresa Cooper, 43, has spent the past 18 years trying to expose what she said happened in the home in the 1980s.
However the Church [...]
The BBC reports on comments from the former head of Haringey social services, Sharon Shoesmith. Ms. Shoesmith has said that the death of Baby P had “absolutely devastated” her. She has also criticised the government’s plan to publish serious case reviews into child abuse cases.
Ms. Shoesmith may have a valid point in relation to the publication [...]
Get Surrey reports that a 45 year old GP from Epsom has been convicted of indecently assaulting a number of women patients during medical examinations. He now faces being struck off by the General Medical Council.
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The GP was convicted of five charges of indecent and sexual assault on five different women, after [...]
The BBC reports that police investigating claims of child abuse by Belgian clergy have said that they are probing death threats against witnesses and magistrates. Last month police raided a meeting of Belgium’s Catholic bishops as part of their investigation, seizing computers and documents.
On the 30th March 2010, the BBC reported that the Roman Catholic Church [...]
