'All victims were entitled to expect full protection from the kind of harm they suffered as a result of their sexual abuse as children.'
Abuse victims of former football coach Barry Bennell Micky Fallon, Chris Unsworth and Steve Walters speak to the media outside Liverpool Crown Court on February 19, 2018 after the sentencing of Bennell, who was found guilty of sexual abuse and sentenced to 30 years in prison.Manchester City have launched a compensation scheme for survivors of historical child sex abuse in football, the Premier League club have announced.
The scale of abuse among youth teams in Britain came to light in 2016, when a string of ex-footballers, including England internationals, told of the crimes inflicted upon them, including years of being repeatedly raped. Former football coach Barry Bennell was last year sentenced to 30 years in prison for abusing youth players, with the judge branding him"sheer evil".
City said they commissioned a review in November 2016 into whether the club was used by Bennell and"any other individual to facilitate alleged sexual abuse of children from 1964 to the present day". That review, which is ongoing, led to the"uncovering of serious allegations of child sex abuse in respect of another individual, John Broome."
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