{"id":500,"date":"2014-07-07T23:56:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T22:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/?p=500"},"modified":"2014-08-15T23:38:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T22:38:21","slug":"child-abuse-inquiries-hugely-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/child-abuse-inquiries-hugely-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Abuse Inquiries hugely welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

The announcement today that there will be inquiries into historic child abuse allegations is a huge step forward for this country. \u00a0It is a real indication that child abuse needs to finally be brought out of the shadows and something we need to listen to, stop hiding, stop being silent about and\u00a0start challenging. <\/p>\n

You can read about plans for inquiry in allegations against MPs and a wider enquiry by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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You can listen to Tess Munt\u2019s interview by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n

As an adoptive parent and as someone who is deeply aware of the impact of child abuse; whether it be physical, mental or sexual, today\u2019s developments are highly welcome. \u00a0It feels as if we have opened a new chapter in bringing justice to the victims of decades of abuse.<\/p>\n

If the legacy of\u00a0the catastrophes of the behaviour of Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall, Cyril Smith and others is a sea change in our attitudes to child abuse and our willingness to discuss it openly, challenge it as unacceptable and also brings forward justice, support and resolution for victims\u00a0<\/p>\n

The wide ranging needs to have no limitations and investigate what was known and covered up by Government departments, by\u00a0the BBC, by institutions and by the Catholic Church. \u00a0No stone should be left uncovered, no voice unheard.<\/p>\n

We need to transform our culture where too many people cannot cope with hearing about child abuse, refuse to believe what they hear or see and are too willing to remain silent.<\/p>\n

I highly welcome today\u2019s developments and as an MP would fight to ensure that the inquiry meets the needs of victims who at all times should remain the primary focus.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Coalition Government announced highly welcome inquiries into historic child abuse, following calls by Lib Dem Tessa Munt MP who also talked of her personal experiences of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[9,130],"tags":[169,170],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VHxS-84","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}