A BOMBSHELL new report is due to expose the true scale of child sexual abuse across the UK. The devastating research found abuse is widespread across all communities and social classes – with doctors and teachers among those carrying out attacks. The report, obtained by the Mail on Sunday, is the biggest dossier of evidence by abuse victims ever assembled. It contains accounts from 50 of the 1,400 people who have given evidence to the Truth Project, which is part of the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) set up by Theresa May. Victims include a 95-year-old – with many aged in their 70s and 80s – and about a third described abuse from at least 50 years ago. One woman, named as Nancy, said she was repeatedly raped from the age of five by a farm labourer after being evicted from London in the Blitz. She said it made her “cross that people don’t seem to realise child sexual abuse is not a new phenomenon”. For some, they have kept their abuse hidden for decades but finally have the courage to speak up thanks to the report. One victim said: “For 49 years I have had a dark secret which burdened me with feelings of depression, anger, self-loathing and worthlessness. “The Truth Project provided me with a safe environment to tell my story. I was given a voice that started the healing.” According to the newspaper, analysis by IICSA shows 53 per cent of witnesses have so far been women, while… [Read full story]
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