A new criminal offence should be created for people working in positions of trust who fail to report allegations of child sexual abuse, according to a landmark report that also calls for the creation of a national scheme to compensate abuse victims for the “incalculable” harm inflicted on them.
The final report of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) in England and Wales, seven years after it was launched, says children have faced “limitless” cruelty with the complicity of institutions and that the problem remains “endemic”, with online abuse growing exponentially.
