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Jonathan O’Brien former seaford college teacher abuse allegations – CAN YOU ASSIST?
Jonathan O’Brien admitted two counts of historic indecent assaults at Seaford College, West Sussex in the early 90s. The 61-year-old was jailed for two and a half years after admitting the offences at Guildford Crown Court. He is already serving a 13-year sentence...
Doctor’s horrifying sexual abuse of children in Brighton and West Sussex – Robert Cameron Wells
Robert Cameron Wells subjected five young people to shocking ordeals, which included drugging and filming his victims. Robert Cameron Wells was sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of sexual offences against five young people in Brighton, West Sussex, Hampshire...
IICSA – Child protection in religious organisations and settings Investigation Report
THIS THEMATIC INVESTIGATION AUGMENTS THE DEDICATED INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ANGLICAN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES ALREADY CONDUCTED BY THE INQUIRY. In this investigation, the Inquiry obtained evidence from 38 religious organisations with a presence in England and Wales,...
Remedy Law instructed – Mark Burgess Abuse Claim – Witness Appeal
Religious and Church, School and Teacher Abuse
A former church choirmaster and teacher who sexually abused children over three decades has been jailed for 40 years. Mark Burgess, from Portsmouth, carried out the attacks in church vestries, school music rooms and at home during piano lessons between 1976 and 2009....
Children in the care of Lambeth Council – IICSA Report
The investigation examined the scale and nature of the sexual abuse experienced by children in the care of Lambeth Council over several decades since the 1960s, and the extent of any institutional failures to protect children in care from sexual abuse and...
Julius Edwards – Farnborough teacher jailed for abusing two children
A man has been failed for 14 years for sexual offences against two boys after appearing at Kingston Crown Court. Julius Anthony Edwards formerly of Queens Road, Farnborough, was found guilty of the offences, which took place between March and April 2020. The two...
Special constable, Philip Gregory, faces years in jail for abusing children and young adults
Local Authority and Foster Parent
Philip Gregory, 67, of Abergynolwyn, near Dolgellau, Gwynedd, a former special constable, faces years in jail for reportedly having 'systematically abused children and young adults for over the course of three decades. Despite denials on his part, Judge Timothy Petts...
Church of England braces for compensation claims linked to Nine O’Clock Service
The Church of England could face a wave of compensation claims from former members of a cult-like movement which collapsed due to a sex scandal 25 years ago. The Nine O'Clock Service, which was known as NOS, was an alternative Christian service and attracted young...
Operation Seaside set up to investigate allegations of abuse
News, School and Teacher Abuse
Detectives have launched an investigation into allegations of historic sexual abuse at the former Bembridge School. Hampshire Constabulary has started a criminal investigation looking at whether children at the private independent school were sexually abused during...
Robin Metter – Former boarding school Teacher jailed for child abuse
A retired headmaster described as a "fox in the chicken coop" has been jailed for indecently assaulting seven boys at a Surrey boarding school in the 80s. Robin Metters, 71, would call boys as young as eight up to his desk as he marked their homework and grope them in...
Brian Martin jailed for child sexual abuse – Queen Ethelburga’s School
A millionaire businessman who bought a boarding school so he could abuse pupils on his country estate with links to the Bronte family has been jailed for three years and three months. Entertainment magnate Brian Martin, now 71, sexually abused a boy and girl boarder...
Mark Burgess sentenced to 40 years for non recent sexual abuse
The survivors of a horrific cycle of non-recent child sex abuse bravely confronted their abuser in court today (Wednesday 30 June), where he was branded a ‘conniving and exploitative serial paedophile’. Mark Burgess, aged 68 years, of St Chads Avenue in Hilsea, was...
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