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The Inquiry has published a timetable of preliminary and public hearings up to February 2020
125 anonymised personal accounts detailing child sexual abuse in institutions including schools, the RAF, Scouts and sports clubs have been published online today by the Truth Project, part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
Over 6,000 people have now contacted the Truth Project. 1,800 have shared their accounts in person or in writing, and more sessions are planned to take place.
The Inquiry has today announced that it expects public hearings to conclude in 2020.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has today (9 August) published its report into the Ampleforth and Downside hearings, as part of its investigation into the Roman Catholic Church.
The report highlights the evidence heard by the Inquiry of appalling sexual abuse inflicted over decades on children as young as seven at Ampleforth and 11 at Downside.
Following the Information Commissioner's announcement today that they have fined the Inquiry for a data breach in February 2017, we have issued the following statement:
"The Inquiry takes its data protection obligations very seriously and we have apologised to those affected by the data breach.
"After a wide-ranging review by external experts, we have amended our handling processes for personal data to ensure they are robust and the risk of a further breach is minimised."
Fifty accounts of child sexual abuse and institutional failure have been published today (June 25) by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
The Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse has made a significant step forward this week as a key recommendation from its Interim Report has been implemented by the UK Government.
The Interim Report, published by the Inquiry in April this year, proposed that the UK Government should ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (also known as the ‘Lanzarote Convention’), which sets out the wide range of measures that must be in place to protect children from sexual abuse at an international level.
The Inquiry has today published a notice of determination in regards to the Anglican Church investigation.
The notice grants core participant status to the Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police.
The full document can be found on our website.
The Inquiry has today confirmed that Worth Abbey and school will not be part of the English Benedictine Congregation case study.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its Interim Report, setting out the work of the Inquiry and progress to date.