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20 August 2018

'The Catholic Church has blood on its hands' says abuse survivor

A victim of sexual abuse at Downside school in Somerset has hit out at the Catholic Church as a report into two institutions is published. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found monks covered up criminal offending at Downside and Ampleforth across 40 years. Responding to the report in a statement released by legal firm Slater and Gordon, the victim said: "I was vulnerable, broken and needed help from the church when I was a child.

https://www.premier.org.uk/News/UK/The-Catholic-Church-has-blood-on-its-hands-says-abuse-survivor