Tags: Child Abuse
NSS welcomes child sexual abuse inquiry into religious organisations
Posted: Fri, 03 May 2019
The NSS has welcomed the IICSA inquiry's launch of a new investigation into child protection in religious organisations and settings. Read More »
Former ‘pope in waiting’ jailed for child sexual abuse
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2019
The Vatican's ex-treasurer George Pell has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for sexual activity with children in Australia. Read More »
Senior French Catholic cardinal convicted of covering up abuse
Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 2019
The most senior Catholic official in France, the archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin, has been convicted of covering up sexual abuse. Read More »
NSS: government must push Vatican to cooperate with abuse inquiry
Posted: Tue, 05 Feb 2019
The NSS has urged the prime minister to raise the Catholic Church's failure to cooperate with a child abuse inquiry with the Vatican. Read More »
MP calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse during PMQs
Posted: Thu, 29 Nov 2018
The NSS has welcomed an MP's call for a law to require the reporting of suspected child abuse, including in the Church of England. Read More »
Abuse survivors sue Catholic order which ran children’s homes
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Ten people are suing a religious order which ran two Scottish orphanages where many children were physically and sexually abused. Read More »
Protests highlight abuse and cover-ups among Jehovah’s Witnesses
Posted: Tue, 21 Aug 2018
Protesters have gathered in London to highlight "serious and persistent" child sexual abuse within global Jehovah's Witnesses groups. Read More »
Catholic Church covered up abuse of 1,000 children in Pennsylvania
Posted: Wed, 15 Aug 2018
Pennsylvania's Catholic Church leaders covered up the abuse of over 1,000 children by more than 300 priests, a major report has said. Read More »
“Establishment” helped abusive bishop evade justice, inquiry hears
Posted: Thu, 26 Jul 2018
Figures including an archbishop of Canterbury, politicians and judges helped a bishop who committed sexual abuse, an inquiry has heard. Read More »
NSS urges Irish PM to force pope to pay abuse compensation debt
Posted: Thu, 19 Jul 2018
The National Secular Society has urged the Irish PM to force the Catholic Church to pay a €7 million shortfall in compensation owed to survivors of clerical child abuse. Read More »
C of E’s “industrial-scale whitewash” of sexual abuse exposed
Posted: Fri, 22 Jun 2018
The C of E covered up sexual abuse by vastly reducing the number of cases it deemed to require formal action, according to a BBC report. Read More »
NSS names Phil Johnson and Graham Sawyer as Secularists of the Year
Posted: Sat, 24 Mar 2018
The NSS has named Phil Johnson and Graham Sawyer as its Secularists of the Year for 2018. Read More »
CoE faced 3,300 safeguarding concerns or abuse allegations in 2016
Posted: Thu, 08 Feb 2018
The Church of England handled more than 3,000 safeguarding concerns or allegations of abuse in 2016, according to newly-released papers. Read More »
Survivors say Church hierarchy failing to lead on child abuse
Posted: Thu, 07 Dec 2017
Campaigners say the Archbishop of Canterbury is being "evasive" and failing to offer "clear leadership" over clerical child abuse. Read More »
Jehovah's Witnesses censured by Charity Commission over treatment of child abuse allegations
Posted: Mon, 31 Jul 2017
A congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses has been severely criticised by the Charity Commission over its handling of allegations of child abuse. Read More »
Carey junior’s special pleading “an insult to victims”, says NSS
Posted: Tue, 04 Jul 2017
The son of the former Archbishop of Canterbury has said "changing attitudes" are behind criticism of his father's handling of a sexual abuse scandal. Read More »
Church of England 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop and failed victims, says report
Posted: Thu, 22 Jun 2017
The head of the Church of England, Justin Welby, has admitted that the Church "concealed" evidence of child abuse by a former bishop and failed to help his victims. Read More »
Final survivor resigns from Pope’s commission on clerical abuse of minors
Posted: Fri, 03 Mar 2017
The last remaining survivor of clerical abuse on the Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors, Marie Collins, has resigned from it "to maintain [her] integrity". Read More »
Catholic education charity faces inquiry over handling of child abuse claims
Posted: Wed, 14 Dec 2016
A statutory inquiry has been opened by the Charity Commission into the St Laurence Education Trust and Ampleforth Abbey, over the Catholic charities' handling of sexual abuse allegations. Read More »
Abuse case dismissed despite Cardinal admitting ‘mistakes’
Posted: Thu, 04 Aug 2016
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin has been told by the prosecutor that he will not face charges following allegations that he had failed to report suspicions of child abuse by a priest under his control, as is required by French law. Read More »
