UNITED KINGDOM
Belfast Telegraph
BY COLIN O’CARROLL – 02 JANUARY 2015
The number of historical child abuse victims could reach the tens of thousands and overwhelm the system, a leading MP has claimed.
Labour’s John Mann, who has given a dossier of allegations of historical abuse to police, said victims wanted a national institute.
He said the government needed the backing of those claiming to have been abused by establishment figures and in state institutions.
Mr Mann said the state could not deal with the numbers of people coming forward.
The inquiry, sparked by claims of paedophiles operating in Westminster in the 1980s, is set to investigate whether “public bodies and other non-state institutions have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse in England and Wales”.
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