Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse says abuse over several decades on a scale that was ‘hard to comprehend’

Hundreds of vulnerable children in the care of Lambeth council in south London were subjected to horrendous cruelty and sexual abuse over several decades on a scale that was “hard to comprehend,” an independent inquiry has found.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) received more than 700 allegations of sexual abuse against hundreds of staff and individuals connected with just three homes in the borough. The true scale of abuse will never be known, it said, but it is likely to be far higher than formal records suggest.

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