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We’ve a few stories to catch up on from the start of the year but the revelations of more systematic child abuse and the making of child abuse images which was covered up, separate to that of Jimmy Savile, has been widely reported due to the arrests of two men in the last few days….

Following on from the BBC’s report into the abuse of teenage girls in modern English street gangs, The Guardian has followed up in print on the subject. The article is here. – CBG

A former priest who abused boys over a 24-year period has been caged for 21 years, or one year for each guilty conviction. Richard Robinson, now 73, had emigrated to California during the 1980s and needed to be extradited to face the charges. However the change in tide over Catholic child abuse clearly assisted the…