Feeling forgotten, UK child rape scandal victim urges government to act


A woman poses at her home in England, Britain, January 8, 2025. She was 14 when she was sexually abused by a grooming gang in Rochdale. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

LONDON (Reuters) - Groomed and raped by a criminal gang as a teen, a British woman now in her 30s continues to live in fear 15 years on.

The woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, was one of the thousands of victims of the so-called "grooming gangs" scandal, a series of criminal cases in multiple English towns and cities where organised groups sexually exploited vulnerable young girls for decades.

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