UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A petition calling for a public inquiry into historical child sex abuse at a Roman Catholic children’s care home has gained 50,000 signatures in two months.
A former chaplain and ex-principal were jailed in January for abusing boys at the former St William’s home in East Yorkshire between 1970 and 1991.
Campaigners want to know why the abuse there went unchecked for decades.
MP Hilary Benn has asked for the case to be included in the national inquiry into child sex abuse led by Alexis Jay.
Campaigner Darren Furness, who was a pupil at the care home near Market Weighton, started the petition in June. He said: “I’ve been fighting this for 30 years and I’ll carry on fighting till the day I get answers.
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