Church would back Scottish Government inquiry into abuse in care homes

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Ahead of the Scottish Government’s expected announcement this week of an inquiry into abuse of children in care, a Church spokesman said they would support ‘an evidence-based inquiry into abuse in care in Scotland.’

The Church today published details of their the Diocesan Safeguarding Audit for 2013.

The results of this audit show that 15 allegations were made of which seven were against members of the clergy. Six dated to the 1980s or earlier and ten of the allegations were of sexual abuse, of which three also involved physical abuse.

These statistics have been compiled by the Safeguarding Offices in each of Scotland’s eight dioceses, signed off by each diocesan bishop and collated by the Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Service.