William Crawley has blogged on the BBC website about cover up allegations in the Catholic church. The Vatican sent an official letter to Irish bishops in 1997, which has been interpreted as an instruction to conceal cases of child sexual abuse. The letter talks about a document entitled “Child Sexual Abuse : Framework for a Church Response” published by [...]
BBC Wales reports that aspirations for educating children in care are “ridiculously low,” according to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. Local authorities’ benchmark target for children in care is a basic one GCSE. The low standard of achievement amongst looked after children or children in care has long been a problem. One of the recommendations of [...]
The BBC in North East Wales reports on the plight of young homeless people in Wrexham after a report found they have suffered problems such as sexual abuse. Telling It As It Is, by Glyndwr University and charity Barnardo’s, is based on the experiences of 20 local homeless people, aged 16 to 24.The experiences of these young people [...]
The BBC reports that a Muslim cleric in Stoke on Trent who sexually assaulted two boys at a mosque has been sentenced to 16 years in jail. The cleric had denied charges of rape, attempted rape and sexual activity with a child, but a jury at Nottingham Crown Court found him guilty of two counts of rape and one of [...]
Last Thursday saw the launch of “Guide to Child Abuse Compensation Claims” published by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and Jordans. The authors are Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC, Justin Levinson, Malcolm Johnson and Richard Scorer. This is the Second Edition of this work, which was previous published in 2002. It provides lawyers with all the information they [...]