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Tue 11 Nov 2009Assembly to investigate extent of child abuse in North
THE ASSEMBLY has adopted an SDLP motion prompted by the Ryan report that calls on the Northern Executive to commission an assessment of the extent of abuse and neglect of children in Northern Ireland.
The motion was adopted on a day when victims of abuse in Northern Ireland presented a petition at Stormont calling for an inquiry in the North similar to the Ryan report, which exposed widespread child abuse in Catholic institutions in the South.
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