Exhibit 488 ยท Public inquiry report
Child protection in religious organisations and settings: Investigation Report (HC 705)
Precise and reliable evidence about the scale of child sexual abuse within religious organisations and settings is not currently available.
Evidence from 38 religious organisations covering Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, new religious movements, non-conformist and non-trinitarian Christian organisations, Paganism and Sikhism. Finds no reliable data on the scale of abuse in religious settings, barriers to reporting in some organisations, uneven child protection policies and no effective oversight; records support among organisations for some form of mandatory reporting.
- Source
- Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), England and Wales
- Date
- September 2021
- Quoted from
- Executive Summary, p. v
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1026348/Religious-settings-IICSA-investigation.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit