The High Court in London has ruled that the Catholic church is responsible for child abuse committed by its clergy.
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Milton Keynes Council ordered to pay £320k for failings of predecessor authority in abuse case.
According to figures obtained by the NSPCC, every day 64 children are sexually abused in England and Wales. Figures for recorded sex crimes against children were obtained via a successful NSPCC freedom of information request to all 43 police forces in England and Wales. The figures show that in 2009-10 more than 23,000 sexual offences were recorded by the police. These included rape, incest and gross indecency. This was an 8% on offences recorded in 2008-9.
Judge asked to decide if relationship between bishop and priest is similar to that between employers and staff.
A paedophile priest kept his freedom until he died after Sussex Police destroyed his victims' paperwork.
The Church is probing claims over priests continuing to work despite being accused of serious child abuse offences.
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A former police officer who was jailed for sexually abusing a young girl is being sued for damages of up to £100,000.
Bedford law firm Emmott Snell & Co is celebrating after the country's biggest personal injury campaigning group awarded a quality kitemark in recognition of its expertise and professionalism.
Negotiations between Jersey's law officers and representatives of dozens of residents of Haut de la Garenne children's home have failed to establish a right to compensation which victims' lawyers say could cost the island tens of millions of pounds.
