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	Lawyer Warns of Faith School Abuse Press Association October 23, 2011 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jWvQenLBMo2wbuxuLax9eKAVWyRA?docId=N0227281319363729258A A leading child abuse lawyer has warned physical and sexual abuse in special Muslim faith schools is going unreported and unpunished. Richard Scorer, who has acted for many victims of abuse within the Catholic Church, claimed cultural differences are at the heart of the problem, with Muslim families feeling unable to speak out. A recent BBC Radio 4 investigation using freedom of information legislation showed there have been more than 400 allegations of physical abuse in England, Scotland and Wales in the past three years and 30 allegations of sexual abuse in the last two years. But only 10 of the physical abuse allegations went to court, leading to two prosecutions and just three sexual abuse cases were pursued in the courts, leading to one prosecution.
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