UNITED KINGDOM
Telegraph
Martin Evans, crime correspondent
14 JULY 2016
The Church of England has been accused of attempting to “bury bad news” after publishing a damning report into abuse at a children’s home on the same day the new Prime Minister was appointed.
An independent review into activities in Kendall House in Gravesend, Kent described how vulnerable girls were regularly drugged, raped and physically abused for almost 20-years between 1967 and 1986.
But critics said the publication of the findings should have been delayed until after the momentous events as Westminster had calmed down.
The review, which was ordered by the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev James Langstaff, disclosed how girls as young as 11 were routinely, and often without medical assessment, given powerful anti-depressants, sedatives and anti-psychotic drugs.
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