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    The Orkney child abuse scandal began on 27 February 1991, when social workers and police removed children—five boys and four girls, aged eight to fifteen...
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    reporting. The scandal was a major factor leading to the establishment of the wider-ranging Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), which...
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    The Cleveland child abuse scandal is a wave of suspected child sexual abuse cases in 1987 in Cleveland, England, many of which were later discredited...
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  • accusation of rape Kern County child abuse cases McMartin preschool trial Operation Midland Orkney child abuse scandal Outreau trial Think of the children...
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    The Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal consists of the organised child sexual abuse that occurred in the town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Northern...
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  • Outreau case (category Child sexual abuse in France)
    accused of sexual abuse remained on remand for years before charges were dropped. Orkney child abuse scandal, a Scottish child abuse prosecution that collapsed...
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  • The Telford child sexual exploitation scandal is an ongoing scandal spanning over several decades in the United Kingdom involving a group of Pakistani...
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  • Tanya (2006-09-11). "Orkney abuse scandal victim to sue for lost youth". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2007-11-21. "1991: Orkney 'abuse' children go home". BBC...
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  • incidents featuring broadly similar accusations such as the Cleveland child abuse scandal; allegations of SRA in Nottingham resulted in the "British McMartin"...
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    South Ronaldsay (category Islands of the Orkney Islands)
    Scotland List of Orkney Islands Alexander Carrick, sculptor of war memorial and linked to Saint Margaret's Hope Orkney child abuse scandal Notes "Map of...
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    concerns expressed previously that that case may have gone awry". Orkney child abuse scandal "The Peter Ellis website". Archived from the original on 4 May...
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  • inquiry into the Orkney child abuse scandal, when children had been removed from their parents following allegations of ritualistic abuse. This high-profile...
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  • The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in England and Wales was an inquiry examining how the country's institutions handled their duty...
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    Jimmy Savile (category Child sexual abuse in England)
    she felt "let down and betrayed" by Savile. Within a month of the child abuse scandal emerging, many places and organisations named after or connected...
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    allegations of child sexual abuse, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) formally admitted that Smith should have been charged with such abuse during his lifetime...
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    Kirkwall Town Hall (category Category B listed buildings in Orkney)
    community events venue. In 1991, the public inquiry into the Orkney child abuse scandal was held under the chairmanship of Lord Clyde in the town hall:...
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  • vocal sceptic and harsh critic of the Orkney child abuse scandal, which involved allegations of Satanic ritual abuse against the minister and nine sets of...
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    Gary Glitter (category Child sexual abuse in England)
    ended after he was convicted of downloading child pornography in 1999. He was also convicted of child sexual abuse in 2006 and a series of sexual offences...
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    Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer) (category Welsh people convicted of child sexual abuse)
    Watkins that he was abusing a two-year-old child in California whilst the band was recording in Los Angeles. Mjadzelics contacted the child's parents, who had...
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    Stuart Hall (presenter) (category Child sexual abuse in England)
    Dame Janet Smith would extend her inquiry into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal to include Hall's sex offences. The BBC subsequently decided to launch...
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    education about the Holocaust. Beginning in 1991, several allegations of child sexual abuse were made against Janner. Criminal proceedings brought in 2015 were...
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    Huw Edwards (category Welsh people convicted of child pornography offences)
    plea. Edwards also wrote an apology to his family and to the victims of child abuse. 2009, Capeli Llanelli: Our Rich Heritage, Carmarthenshire County Council...
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    Jonathan King (category Child sexual abuse in England)
    by Katrina and the Waves. In September 2001, King was convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to seven years in prison for having sexually assaulted...
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    "Rotherham leader stands down over child exploitation scandal". Financial Times. "Alexis Jay will lead child abuse failings probe at Rotherham". BBC News. 1 November...
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  • Murder of Alesha MacPhail (category British people convicted of child sexual abuse)
    family. Campbell's upbringing included elements of physical and emotional abuse, and he often argued with his alcoholic mother. He was tested for attention...
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    after abuse inquiry". BBC News. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2016. "Rotherham abuse scandal: Ed...
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  • Frank Beck (sex offender) (category English people convicted of child sexual abuse)
    at the centre of Britain's biggest investigation into institutional child abuse, between 1989 and 1991. Born in Salisbury, Beck was raised in Thornton...
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  • Happy Valley (film), a 2014 documentary film about the Penn State child sex abuse scandal Happy Valley (novel), a 1939 novel by Patrick White Happy Valley...
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    Rolf Harris (category Australian people convicted of child sexual abuse)
    official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. After the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal, Harris was arrested as part of the Operation Yewtree police investigation...
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    fondled" two girls aged 17 and 18 in an Orkney hotel room while his wife was in hospital pregnant with their third child. MacNeil said he bitterly regretted...
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