NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News NI
By Kevin Sharkey
BBC News NI
The PSNI has received complaints against 500 people in connection with allegations of historical abuse.
They include cases currently being examined by the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry.
This is as well as claims of abuse against some clergy and some other state and church institutions.
The PSNI is currently running two big operations into historical abuse – Operation Charwell and Operation Danzin.
The investigations began five years ago.
They include cases before the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry which is examining claims of abuse at 16 institutions and by Fr Brendan Smyth.
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