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Northern Ireland

Kincora abuse victim vows to pursue civil action

A former resident at a notorious boys’ home has vowed to pursue his civil action over claims he was trafficked for sexual abuse. Richard Kerr, who spent time as a child at Kincora Boys’ Home in east Belfast, is seeking damages from the Department of ...

14 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Northern Ireland

Institutions where abuse took place ‘must be pressed to pay redress’

Institutions in Northern Ireland where historical institutional abuse took place must be pressed to contribute towards the cost of redress for victims, a campaigner has said. Addressing MLAs on Stormont’s Executive Office committee, Jon McCourt ...

10 Apr 2024 at 17:39

Northern Ireland

Wider memorial programme needed for victims of historical abuse – commissioner

A wider memorial programme has been recommended for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse. It has emerged that a memorial bench is set to be located in Parliament Buildings for those who suffered abuse at state, church or ...

16 Jan 2024 at 16:34

Scotland

Retired social worker sentenced for historical cruelty against children

A former “house mother” who abused children in her care in the 1960s and 1970s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Retired social worker Euphemia Ramsay, 76, was last month found guilty of the cruel treatment of two ...

11 Sept 2023 at 16:19

Ireland

Gardai submit 13 files on Spiritan abuse to DPP

Gardai have submitted files relating to 13 victims of historical sexual abuse at schools run by the Spiritan congregation to the Director of Public Prosecutions. An Garda Siochana has received more than 130 contacts through the ...

01 Oct 2023 at 12:22

Ex-Archbishop of York steps down from ministry over handling of abuse case

The former Archbishop of York has been told to step down from active ministry after a review found he failed to act on a victim’s disclosure of historic child sex abuse by a priest. Lord Sentamu has stood back from his role as ...

14 May 2023 at 16:50

Scotland

Child abuse redress scheme pays out £32.5m in first 18 months

Payments totalling more than £32.5m were made to survivors of historic child abuse in Scotland during the first 18 months of the new redress scheme. Newly released figures for Redress Scotland show 632 payments were made ...

24 Oct 2023 at 17:02

Scotland

Fornethy House abuse survivors not included in redress scheme, says Robison

Survivors of abuse perpetrated at Fornethy House will not be able to apply for compensation from a Scottish Government scheme, the Deputy First Minister has said. As of last year, more than 200 women had come forward ...

20 Mar 2024 at 12:46

Ex-school workers jailed for historic abuse of pupils

Two ex-employees of a residential school have been jailed for a total of 28 years for multiple charges of physical and sexual abuse of former pupils. Matthew George, 73, and John Muldoon, 69, physically and sexually ...

13 Jan 2023 at 17:26

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Leitrim school named in sexual abuse allegations report

The Presentation Brothers secondary school in Carrick-on-Shannon has been named in the Report of the Scoping Inquiry, set up to examine historical sexual abuse, with one allegation relating to the school. The ...

04 Sept 2024 at 17:33

Boarding school ‘protected abusers’ for six decades, inquiry concludes

A report into the exclusive Merchiston Castle School has concluded that for 60 years, “abusers were protected by tradition”. Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry chairwoman Lady Smith has published her findings on ...

25 Jun 2025 at 15:44

Boarding school pupils ‘exposed to paedophiles’ amid ‘cover-up’, inquiry finds

Children at a boarding school “were exposed to and abused by paedophiles” amid a “cover-up” by senior leadership, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has found. Findings on the Keil School in Dumbarton, West ...

20 Aug 2025 at 15:33

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