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• The Guardian view on the child sexual abuse inquiry: unbearable truths | Editorial

  20-10-2022 19:45
  The findings of a seven and a half year process must lead to rapid action. The price of past mistakes has been huge sufferingSeven and a half years after it began, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has delivered its final report. The testimony of victims, said Prof Alexis Jay, was “almost unbearable” to witness. The stories uncovered have been of limitless cruelty, deviousness and negligence. The inquiry’s course has been rough. When she was appointed in 2015, Pro
  
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• Child sexual abuse inquiry’s findings fall short for many victims

  20-10-2022 19:14
  Questions over call for mandatory reporting in England and Wales, as lawyers criticise ‘loopholes’What is the inquiry and why did it take so long?Managing the seven-year inquiry into child sexual abuse to a set of conclusions will itself be seen as a triumph for Prof Alexis Jay. Its findings, however, have not gone far enough for many victims.Lady Jay took over in November 2016 amid concerns the inquiry would have to be abandoned. She joined after three high-profile resignations of p
  
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• Child sexual abuse inquiry: key recommendations

  20-10-2022 16:20
  ‘Centrepiece’ finding is failure by person in position of trust to report abuse allegations should be criminal offenceWhat is the inquiry and why did it take so long?After seven years, 325 days of public hearings and evidence from 725 victims, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) in England and Wales has published its final report. It makes 20 recommendations for change, the first three of which are described as the “centrepiece” recommendations:A statu
  
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• What is the child sexual abuse inquiry and why did it take seven years?

  20-10-2022 13:05
  Independent inquiry for England and Wales set up in 2015 after Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris scandals dogged by controversyInquiry calls for offence of failing to report child abuseThe independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) in England and Wales published its final report on Thursday. We explain how the inquiry came about and what its work entailed. Continue reading...
  
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• Inquiry calls for new offence in England and Wales of failing to report child abuse

  20-10-2022 13:04
  Final report of independent inquiry into child sexual abuse also urges creation of scheme to compensate victimsWhat is the inquiry and why did it take so long?A new criminal offence should be created for people working in positions of trust who fail to report allegations of child sexual abuse, according to a landmark report that also calls for the creation of a national scheme to compensate victims for the “incalculable” harm inflicted on them.The final report of the independent inqu
  
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