UNITED KINGDOM
The London Economic
Ben Gelblum
May 8, 2018
Child abuse survivors who grew up in “hellholes” run by the Home Office and other institutions have been “ignored,” their “complaints and accounts sidelined,” the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales (IICSA) heard today.
The Home Office, local authorities, their insurance companies, police and social workers who disbelieved abused children, all came under fire.
The inquiry set up by Theresa May as Home Secretary heard how these institutions had all failed shockingly to protect many of Britain’s most vulnerable children who were in their care. Testimony was heard of how children reporting and fleeing appalling abuse at children homes, were disbelieved by police officers and social workers. How they were returned to “the hands of their abuser.”
The preliminary hearing of the IICSA Inquiry Accountability and Reparations Investigation heard accusations that these institutions failed to keep children safe from sexual abuse. A failure compounded by accusations of “collusion” by institutions to protect themselves when as grown-ups, survivors wanted answers.
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