Rotherham child abuse report finds 1,400 children subjected to ‘appalling’ sexual exploitation

[Jefferson23]

within 16-year period

8/26/2014

The horrifying cost of official failure to confront widespread child sexual exploitation was revealed today in a damning report detailing how abusers exploited 1,400 children from a single town over 16 years.

Gangs of Asian men groomed, abused and trafficked vulnerable children while police were contemptuous of the victims and the council ignored what was going on, in spite of years of warnings and reports about what was happening.

Despite what the inquiry head called a “blatant” failure of leadership at the Labour-run council, nobody will be sacked or face inquiries into their inaction. The leader of the council, Roger Stone, quit today because of what he called “historic failings”. He apologised in 2013 for the failure to protect children in the town – and the inquiry said the act of contrition should have been made years earlier.

The report commissioned by the council, covering 1997 to 2013, detailed cases where children as young as 11 had been raped by a number of different men, abducted, beaten and trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England to continue the abuse.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rotherham-child-abuse-report-finds-1400-children-subjected-to-appalling-sexual-exploitation-within-16year-period-9691825.html

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1. kick -

[T_i_B]

2. An old thread from the UK forum

About Rotherham politics. It may be of interest here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10882533

[Jefferson23]

4. Thanks for the link..appalling. Words just fail me. n/t

[T_i_B]

6. Also

The current thread about this in the UK forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10886485

And another one from 2 years ago

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10882731

This is the main story in the UK news at present, mainly because of the Police & Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire refusing to resign his job in the face of opposition from just about everyone.

[Jefferson23]

7. Thank you again for the background..unconscionable. n/t

[bemildred]

3. People can rationalize anything. nt

[Jefferson23]

5. Yes, anything is right. n/t