UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
Theresa May warns the public still do not grasp the scale of child sex abuse in Britain, saying it is ‘woven into the fabric of our society’
By LAURIE HANNA FOR MAILONLINE
Child sex abuse is ‘woven, covertly, into the fabric’ of British society, Home Secretary Theresa May has warned.
The Conservative politician announced this week that a new judge-led inquiry into historic child abuse will investigate allegations from before the 1970s.
But she said the public are yet to grasp the full scale of the scandal, with the allegations so far amounting to the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mrs May said: ‘We already know the trail will lead into our schools and hospitals, our churches, our youth clubs and many other institutions that should have been places of safety but instead became the setting for the most appalling abuse.
‘However, what the country doesn’t yet appreciate is the true scale of that abuse.
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