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Tag Archives: physical abuse
BBC Panorama Exposes abuse of the elderly
Jane Worroll secretly filmed her mother’s room in Ash Court, London. She recorded care worker Jonathan Aquino slapping her mother six times. Aquino was convicted of assault. The CQC said the home still “ensures people who use the service are … Continue reading
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Merrick on trial – William Henry Smith School
A FORMER assistant headteacher has gone on trial accused of sexually abusing four pupils at a school for boys with behavioural difficulties. Peter Merrick, 66, is alleged to have systematically abused the boys, aged 11 to 15, at the William … Continue reading
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David Bryant (65) Jailed for 17 years for indecent assaults on 4 young girls
It was May 1995. The girl had been taken from the Blakelaw area of Newcastle and was found, wearing only a coat and shoes, by a taxi driver, after being driven for 50 miles from her home. She told the … Continue reading
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Former teacher convicted of historic child abuse at Crookham Court School
A 49-year-old man was convicted today of child abuse when he was a teacher at private boys’ boarding school in Thatcham in the 80s. Mark Standish, also known as Alex, of Station Street, Waterhouses, Durham, was found guilty by a … Continue reading
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Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth child abuse claims investigated
Police are investigating allegations that children were abused by a worker on two luxury Cunard cruise ships. The unnamed man from Wiltshire no longer works for the company, a spokeswoman for Wiltshire Police said. The abuse is alleged to have … Continue reading
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Monk jailed for abuse at Downside School
Monk jailed for abusing two boys at Somerset school Richard David White taught at Downside School in the 1980s A monk who taught at a Roman Catholic school in Somerset has been jailed for five years for child sex offences. … Continue reading
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Haut de la Garenne – Press Release
Proceedings have been issued in the High Court in London against the States of Jersey in relation to the claims for compensation that are being pursued by the victims of alleged physical and sexual abuse at the Jersey children’s home, … Continue reading
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Sexual abuse allegations in Australian defence force
Three former members told ABC’s “Four Corners” programme that they were either beaten or sexually assaulted and then urged to keep quiet. One was a former naval cadet who described being raped as a 17-year-old by three male cadets and … Continue reading
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Rowing back from reporting sexual abuse?
Is the Anglican Church going to change tack and not report all allegations of sexual abuse to the police? It has been reported in The Australian that Anglican Primate Phillip Aspinall has given personal support to the two Catholic Church … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, abuse case, abuse claims, Anglican, Australia, Catholic church, child abuse, child sex abuse, children's home, compensation, lawyer, physical abuse, sex abuse, sexual abuse, victim, victims
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Another Catholic Church cover-up?
Those of us familiar with representing victims of child abuse are only too familiar with stories of cover-ups, and pressure being brought to bear not to speak out. I can only speak as I find but in such cases I … Continue reading
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