On Good Friday it was reported that Russell Brand accused two British showbusiness stars of paedophilia. This connects with another story from the middle of last month as reported in London’s free newspaper The Evening Standard where for the a high-ranking prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service told the press there would be further arrests connected to…
It’s not directly child abuse-related but one story that stuck around during the start of the year is that of homeless man Billy Ray Harris who returned an engagement ring to someone that placed it in his cup by mistake when giving change. It’s an understatement to say that the story became a worldwide phenomenon…
The BBC Reported on the formal charging of a teacher accused of more than 20 counts of child abuse-related crimes across three schools where he worked in York region. The story announcement is here.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in England identified several lost opportunities to put Jimmy Savile on trial as police forces failed to share information and in some cases actively rejected disclosures and attempts to report over the years with one allegation starting from the mid-1950s before the previously recorded 1963 start time to Savile’s known crimes….
The other big story in England and Wales last week was the announcement from Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, that new guidelines into allegations of Child Sexual Abuse would be drawn up to form future policy. The radio broadcast is archived here and the general story here at BBC News.
Catching up with the biggest stories of last week, the Catholic Church in Scotland released details of an old internal report into 20 sexual abuse cases and one of the survivors spoke to the BBC. His video interview is here and the related stories feature here.
