UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By Press Association
An average of 80 child sex abuse cases a month have been referred to police over the last year following victims’ testimony to an independent inquiry.
The figure emerged as the first report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA) Truth Project was published on Thursday amid a growing scandal of historical offences in youth football.
As one strand of the wide-ranging probe, the project was intended to help victims of child sexual abuse share their experiences with the inquiry, allowing it to build a picture of why crimes remain unreported and undetected for so long.
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