UNITED KINGDOM
Hull Daily Mail
CHILD abuse by members of the clergy should be subjected to a public inquiry, a campaigner has said.
Solicitor David Greenwood, who is representing more than 150 victims of abuse at a Market Weighton care home for boys, is launching the campaign for an inquiry.
Mr Greenwood, of Jordan’s Solicitors, is fighting for compensation for the men who suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of staff at the now-demolished St William’s through the 1960s to the 1990s.
Mr Greenwood said: “The Church is responsible for covering up sexual abuse by members of the clergy up and down the country.
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