i think there needs to be an independent inquiry into at least a 20 year period in bradford. it s been happening for years, long before it started happening to me and long after it started happening to me. it s been hidden away. for now, fiona is focusing on her mental health. she has post traumatic stress disorder but is still on a waiting list for treatment and openly admits she is struggling. it s hard to move on with your life independently away from being that victim and it s hard to change from being that victim to a survivor. i think it s a personal battle that i must face and eventually i think i will be able to move on.
for answers from bradford council and west yorkshire police is fiona goddard. she was groomed and sexually abused by gangs of men from 2008 when she was living in a bradford children s home. she s been speaking to our correspondent emma glasbey. how old were you when you went into care? i how old were you when you went into care? ., , , how old were you when you went into care? , ., care? i was 12, ust turning 13 and i was care? i was 12, ust turning 13 and r was about care? i was 12, ust turning 13 and r was about rs care? i was 12, just turning 13 and i was about 13 when care? i was 12, just turning 13 and i was about 13 when the care? i was 12, just turning 13 and i was about 13 when the abuse - i was about 13 when the abuse started happening. it i was about 13 when the abuse started happening. i was about 13 when the abuse started happening. it was outside the ates started happening. it was outside the gates of started happening. it was outside the gates of bradford
able to get away from the memories. my children have suffered because i haven t been able to give them the life i would have wanted to give them and obviously my eldest daughter got adopted because of the fact i was getting abused. i ve missed out on most of her life. it s very hard sometimes, looking back at the loss, and nothing will ever give me that back. fiona was often missing from the children s home, she sometimes came back bruised or even saying she had been sexually abused. but the abuse continued. there were so many missed opportunities to save me from years of abuse and they never did. if i saw someone who was repeatedly showing up beaten up or making allegations of sexual abuse, i would want to help that person and look into it and i am not a professional around that so i don t know how professional services would not want to do the same.
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