‘Further allegations against the late Bishop of Chichester George Bell are “unfounded”, a Church of England (CofE) appointed lawyer has ruled.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three men who groomed and sexually abused an Oxford schoolgirl have been handed life sentences.’
BBC News, 21st January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A review into the alleged abuse of children by staff at a children’s prison has found that a series of failings led to an “erratic and ineffective” monitoring of investigations into the claims.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A geography teacher who had a four-year sexual relationship with an underage female pupil has been banned from the classroom for life.’
BBC News, 17th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A public inquiry has refused to publish evidence that could shed light on an allegation that Michael Gove intervened in a child sexual abuse investigation.
He has been accused of trying, during his time as education secretary, to find out about an investigation into a priest suspected of abusing a boy at a boarding school.
The accusation has been made by two witnesses who have testified to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).’
The Guardian, 14th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The issue of the permanence of Christian burial and the circumstances in which, exceptionally, exhumation and reinterment of remains might be authorised by faculty has arisen once again in Re St X, the Cremated Remains of AA [2018] ECC Lic 7.’
Law & Religion UK, 9th January 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘The Church of England has ordered the remains of an alleged paedophile to be exhumed after living family members said they do not wish to be buried alongside him.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A science teacher who groomed a 15-year-old pupil with sexually explicit messages has been jailed for 14 months.’
BBC News, 4th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 15 years for plotting to rape a baby. Mathew Law was part of a dark web paedophile ring that inflicted ”almost indescribable depravity” on the infant who was aged between six months and a year old, a judge said.’
The Independent, 21st December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent, important Children Public Law cases.’
Family Law Week, 13th December 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A police officer who only joined the force “to gain the keys to a sweetshop” has been jailed for raping a girl.’
BBC News, 13th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The father of Poppi Worthington has failed in his latest bid to clear his name after the High Court ruled the coroner who said he “probably sexually assaulted” his daughter “cannot be faulted”.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A convicted paedophile has been found guilty of the “babes in the wood” murders at the end of a retrial that drew on scientific advances in forensics 32 years after two schoolgirls were killed.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Britain’s first specialist “safe house” for child sex abuse victims has been launched to help cope with a surge in cases fuelled by social media and to speed up the prosecution of offenders.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A coroner who concluded a father had sexually assaulted his daughter shortly before her death “overstepped the mark”, the man’s lawyer has claimed.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The man known as “Nick” whose allegations sparked the Westminster sex abuse probe can be identified after a judge lifted a legal restriction.’
The Independent, 3rd December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police forces are launching an urgent review of volunteer cadet programmes amid fears they are being used by paedophiles to gain access to children. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating several police officers who worked with cadet groups – which are for young people aged between 13 and 18 – in London and Manchester, and called for safeguarding checks across England and Wales.’
The Independent, 4th December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A 50-year-old man who claimed to be the victim of an alleged VIP paedophile ring in the 1970s and 1980s is to stand trial in March next year.’
BBC News, 19th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Six men have been jailed for sexually exploiting young girls in Rotherham who were gang-raped and abused by them.’
BBC News, 16th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A policeman described as a “committed paedophile” has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl.’
BBC News, 15th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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