Abuse Survivors Blog

Music teacher baronet convicted for sexual assault of pupil at boarding school.

Allegations of sexual abuse against former Dean of Manchester Cathedral by former chorister Eli Ward.

Dr Martin Warner, the Bishop of Chichester has admitted to a former choirboy, abused as a child by an Anglican priest, Roy Cotton, in East Sussex, that there was a cover-up. In a private letter of apology to Gary Johnson, Dr Warner wrote "There has been deception and cover-up here".

He told the BBC: "By cover-up, I mean that a person in authority, who has information, deliberately, knowingly ignores the information, does not pass it on; allows somebody who is a perpetrator of abuse to move from one post to another, allows somebody who is a perpetrator of abuse not to be challenged, brought to account - and thereby colludes actually with the abuse."

Suspected Dysentery Outbreak at the Kiroseiz Parkland Hotel. Have you been affected?

Our case - Victim of sexual assault by health worker receives 5-figure payout

In a statement the cardinal apologised to the Church and the people of Scotland. His statement issued through the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland read:

Catholic church sex abuse ruling could cause big spike in compensation claims.

Tracey Emmott on BBC News - Roman Catholic church refused Supreme Court sex abuse appeal.

A woman who claims she was sexually abused by a priest is set to sue the Roman Catholic Church after it was refused a last chance to reverse a ruling holding it responsible.

Roman Catholic church refused Supreme Court sex abuse appeal

A woman who claims she was sexually abused by a priest is set to sue the Roman Catholic Church after it was refused a last chance to reverse a ruling holding it responsible.

In a binding ruling for all future cases in the UK and which may well influence those across the world, the Catholic church has failed to reverse a legal judgment which holds it responsible for sex abuse committed by its priests.