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Barnardo’s warns of Britain’s secret trade in child sex

Posted by smeddum on November 19, 2009

Nico Hines
Nov 18 2009

Timesonline
A secret network of organised child sex traffickers is operating within Britain, according to the charity Barnardo’s.

Approximately one in six of the sexually exploited children currently being helped by the organisation say they have been moved between cities and passed around between paedophiles.

Martin Narey, chief executive of Barnardo’s, warned of a “hidden” problem in which vulnerable youngsters, many of whom have run away from home, are shunted around the country to increase their isolation. Read the rest of this entry »

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“Give us some peace” Abuse Survivor Of Irish Catholic Institution Pleads

Posted by smeddum on May 29, 2009

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 https://inthesenewtimes.com/2009/04/29/pope-expresses-sorrow-over-residential-school-abuse/

Abuse Survivor Of Irish Catholic Institution Pleads 

“Give Us Some Peace”

Video and transcript by WillKnott.ie – Thank you.May 28, 2009 “ICH” — Michael O’Brien, former councillor and Mayor of Clonmel attended the RTÉ programme Questions and Answers on 25 May 2009 and, after Minister Noel Dempsey, the sponsoring minister of the Ryan Commission report in to Child Abuse allegations spoke, Mr O’Brien spoke to the minister and to the panel.

I’ve done the transcript of the video clip below mainly because audio indexing does not work that well for video clips. And video clips have a habit of disappearing off the web. Read the rest of this entry »

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