Malcolm Johnson appeared on the Today programme as well as Radio Five live, Radio London and Radio Leeds. He was talking about the claims now being made against social services for “failure to take into care.” See the BBC report on this story. Malcolm said that there are more of these claims being brought against social [...]
The BBC reports that internet companies are improving their record in removing images of child sexual abuse. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said that the time it took websites and broadband providers to respond to complaints had halved in the past year. However, it also gave warnings that abusers were distributing images more widely in an attempt [...]
The BBC reports that a former TV psychic whose partner is accused of murdering their two children has been gaoled for child sex abuse. The 45 year old from Carlisle was jailed for 16 years at Liverpool Crown Court for the rape and indecent assault of a young girl. The victim of this crime would probably have [...]
The BBC reports that twenty-one priests in Philadelphia have been suspended after being named in an inquiry into claims of child abuse. The move follows the release last month of a grand jury report in which 37 priests were identified as suspects. The two-year grand jury investigation resulted in charges being brought against four priests and a Catholic school [...]
The BBC reports on a prosecution of members of a satanic sex cult in a small Carmarthenshire town. They were found guilty of more than 35 offences against children. Three women were also convicted. They await sentencing. Apparently the jury rejected claims by the Defendants during the trial that no cult existed. Cases of this nature are rare, but certainly not [...]