UK Official Inquiry ‘Presents Horrifying Picture’ of ‘National Epidemic’ of Child Sexual Abuse

Chair says abuse of children under 4 has risen by 45 percent and recommends register of care workers

Undated photo, posed by a model, of a child sitting on some stairs in an unspecified location in England. NSPCC/PA

LONDON—The UK government should introduce a system for registering all staff who work in care homes and should also appoint a Cabinet-level minister for children, says the final report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).

Professor Alexis Jay, who chaired the seven-year inquiry, said, “For too long, child sexual abuse has been considered a problem of the past, despite life-long impacts on its young victims.”