Initial Reports of Abuse
From 1974 to 1990, a series of incidents of child abuse occurred within the North Wales children's homes. Initial reports which did not appear in public included:
- 1979: Internal investigation of reports (against Gary Cooke and Graham Stephens) in 1979.
- September 1986: Residents of Ysgol Hengwrt, to the council. These reports eventually were raised to the Welsh Office's attention
- 1988: The then Spastics Society against the care regime of Hengwrt Hall, to the council
Read more about this topic: Wales Child Abuse Scandal
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