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CBC Investigates
'It's frustrating': Expert says decades of reports haven't improved N.L. child protection
Ken Barter — one of Newfoundland and Labrador's leading experts on child protection — says the child advocate should have rejected the premier's request for a review related to a high-profile sexual exploitation case.
'Felt broken inside': Victims of Bruce Escott disclose impacts of sexual abuse
Bruce Escott, an 82-year-old St. John's man involved in a massive sexual exploitation case, has pleaded guilty to seven counts.
CBC Investigates
Victims set to face Bruce Escott in court on Friday, but defence delays sentencing
Bruce Escott is slated to hear from his alleged victims on Friday in a St. John's courtroom, when the 82-year-old pleads guilty to sexual offences involving youths. His sentencing, however, will be pushed to a later date.
CBC Investigates
Wakeham calls for public inquiry into 'horrible' sexual abuse case, citing RNC insiders
Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham is pushing the Furey administration to “do the right thing and call a public inquiry” into what he calls a “horrible” case of alleged sexual abuse in St. John’s.
CBC Investigates
Lawyers call for public inquiry into years of alleged abuse in St. John's trailer park
A lawyer representing six people who allege they were sexually abused by Tony Humby and Bruce Escott is calling for a public inquiry to get to the bottom of the allegations, and how both men escaped consequences for years.
Police investigated central figures in St. John's exploitation case for human trafficking
Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, two men accused of being central figures in a widening sexual exploitation case in St. John's, were suspected of using youth to recruit others to go to a trailer park to perform sexual acts for money and drugs.
CBC Investigates
N.L. child advocate will step back during early stages of sexual exploitation review
Linda Clemens Spurrell says she won't be in direct receipt of any files from the province's child welfare department until it's determined whether or not she has a conflict of interest in the investigation.
CBC Investigates
At least 8 other potential suspects named in sex exploitation search warrant filings
Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, two men accused of being central figures in a sexual exploitation case in St. John’s, were not believed to have acted alone.
CBC Investigates
Police conduct should be part of Humby-Escott investigation, Opposition leader says
PC Leader Tony Wakeham says the investigation that Premier Andrew Furey has ordered doesn't go far enough, since it doesn't encompass how the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary handled complaints.
CBC Investigates
Furey says he is troubled by potential 'systems failure that put children at risk'
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says his administration has acted quickly to investigate allegations that were brought to light in a CBC Investigates report last week, and is defending the process now underway to get answers.