Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - UK

[Srecko Sostar]

Inquiry announces new investigation into child protection in religious organisations and settings

 

2 May 2019

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has announced a new investigation into child protection in religious organisations and settings.

The investigation will be thematic and will review the current child protection policies, practices and procedures in religious institutions in England and Wales.

Organisations falling under the remit of this investigation will include non conformist Christian denominations, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baptists, Methodists, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism. This investigation is separate from our investigations into the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.

Religious settings such as mosques, synagogues, churches and temples are in scope. Places of faith tuition such as Muslim madrassahs and Christian Sunday schools and places where children and young people gather in connection with their religious beliefs, including youth groups and camps will also be investigated by the Inquiry.

More than one in 10 survivors of child sexual abuse (11 per cent) who shared their accounts with the Inquiry’s Truth Project reported sexual abuse in a religious institution. Of this group, almost a quarter (24 percent) told the Inquiry they were abused in institutions in scope of this new investigation, including Jehovah's Witnesses, Baptists, Methodists, Judaism and Islam. Not all participants provided details about the religious denomination of the institution or perpetrator.

Organisations and individuals are being invited to apply for core participant status. Core participants must have a significant interest in this investigation and have special rights defined by legislation.

A preliminary hearing will take place at 2pm on 23 July 2019 and public hearings will take place in 2020.

source: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/news/inquiry-announces-new-investigation-child-protection-religious-organisations-and-settings

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

Like a Roman Catholic Bishop, who was also a General in the Army of Spain once said, when informed that a Spanish Muslim controlled Fortress contained as many Catholics as Muslims, which he was in the process of defeating and chasing from Spain ....

"Kill them all, and let God sort them out!".

[JOHN BUTLER]

@Srecko Sostar  Now that is a bit of progress. Thank you for this information, I've been waiting to hear it for a longtime.

@BillyTheKid46  Here you are Kid, some news for you. But of course you won't believe it.  

Let's hope they find some good evidence with proof of same concerning JW Org. After all, the JW's think that their Org is better and safer than any other and that it has God's approval. I think not.

[Matthew9969]

Oh the persecution those jw's are undergoing.