UNITED KINGDOM
ITV News
PENNY MARSHALL SOCIAL AFFAIRS EDITOR
An investigation by ITV News has discovered dozens of new allegations of historical child sex abuse within the Church of England have been made in the last few months.
This increase in survivors coming forward may reveal a new found confidence from those who have been sexually abused to seek redress and help.
They may also reflect the church’s own efforts to reach out now to the survivors they have wronged in the past. In all likelihood, they are a combination of both.
The survivors’ group MACSAS says these figures are the tip of the iceberg and warn that they expect many more will make contact. They do not know how many of these new cases have contacted the police.
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