DEVON (ENGLAND)
Teignmouth Post
March 6, 2018
By Paul James
HISTORIC sex abuse allegations at a South Devon hospital dating back more than 40 years are being probed by police.
Investigating officers want to hear from anyone who was a patient or worked at Ivybridge’s former Moorhaven Hospital in 1976.
The inquiries have been launched after a woman came forward with claims she was raped in the grounds of the hospital which has since closed and been redeveloped.
Det Con Josie Haines from the Sexual Offence and Domestic Abuse Investigation Team, said on Tuesday: ‘We have been supporting a woman who has suffered in silence for many years – and we are turning to the public for their help in this matter.
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