UNITED KINGDOM
Third Sector
02 February 2017
The allegations concern a person associated with the Iwerne Trust – since taken over by the Titus Trust – which ran a holiday camp in the 1970s and 1980s
The Charity Commission has said it is in contact with a Christian charity about allegations of historical physical abuse that allegedly took place at a holiday camp run by the charity.
The allegations, which will be broadcast in a Channel 4 programme tonight, concern a person associated with the Iwerne Trust. It is alleged that the abuse took place during a holiday camp run by the charity in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The allegations were reported to the police and the Charity Commission after they came to light. A statement from the Church of England said it was alerted by a survivor through the diocese of Ely in 2013.
In a statement, the Titus Trust, which replaced the Iwerne Trust in 1997, said the allegations were “very disturbing”.
The statement said: “It was only in 2014 that the board of the Titus Trust became aware of these allegations, after which the trust provided full disclosure to the police, offering full cooperation with any inquiry that might arise as a result. The allegations were very grave and we believe that they should have been reported to the police when they first became known in 1981.
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