LONDON: Hundreds of children in the care of the Lambeth Board in South London experienced the level of cruelty and sexual harassment that was “difficult to understand” for decades since the 1960s, a report released Tuesday has found.
Independent investigation into child sexual abuse found 705 allegations of sexual harassment against staff members and individuals connected with three home care houses in Borough.
The story of victims of sexual abuse belongs to being photographed while raped.
A child was found dead in 1977 in the bathroom in Shirley Oaks, one of the three treatment houses that was closed in 1983.
The Lambeth Council did not tell the coroners that he was suspected sexually harassed by “home father”.
“The actual scale of sexual harassment of children in Lambeth care will never be known, but it will certainly be significantly higher than formally recorded,” said the report.
For 40 years, only one senior staff member was disciplined by the council for the role in this sexual harassment catalog, the report noted.
“These children are pawns in the game of toxic power in the Lambeth Board and between the council and the central government,” Professor Alexis Jay, chairman of the investigation.
According to the report, the Lambeth Council has a culture that is “dominated by stubborn behavior and chaos” during the 1980s, when “intimidation, intimidation, racism, nepotism and sexism developed in the council, and all contradict the background of corruption and financial management.
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