When Safeguarding Means “Prove He Meant It”
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/file_00000000a7e471f49fdf29a149abc4231911810541726068133.png?w=1024 --- There’s a sentence in a recent Wales Online report that should...
Truth & Accountability
41 articles "YOU WERE HEARD, AND YOU WERE BELIEVED": THE MEDOMSLEY SCANDAL
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Two Years in the Forge: Closing the False Economy
©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/file_0000000041f06246a30db1b6fcd5280d8866889245806232671.png?w=1024 I didn’t just su...
The Gathering
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The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot
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Inside the Psychology of Grooming’s Lingering Grip
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- The Voice That Stayed After the Predator Left !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/file_00000000110c...
When Predators Beg for Exposure — And the System Lets Them
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Part 3 - A System Not Built to Stop Them: The Exposure Groups Aren’t Failing — But the System Is
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Part 1 - Inside the Mind of a Predator: Why They Are Now Turning to Journalists for Exposure
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- "Predators Are Slipping Through the Cracks — And They Are Coming to Me to Be Exposed." A survivor-led investigative series document...
Stolen Innocence - How Society Sexualises Our Children - Part 5
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/file_000000005da862439915e568e68f8fca8329916047652796592.png?w=1024 --- Survivors Speak — The Real Cost of a Sexualised Childhood >...
Stolen Innocence - How Society Sexualises Our Children - Part 4
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The Proof Problem: Why So Few Cases Ever Reach Court
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“Good” Homes Aren’t Always Safe: Respectability Isn’t Protection
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Survivors Raising Children: Breaking the Cycle of Silence
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- An honest look at what happens when adults who were never protected grow up to become protectors. !https://groomingfiles.wordpre...
When Children Harm Children: The Hidden Reality of Sibling and Peer-on-Peer Abuse
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file-5bceygmkjpk1tzljza7cn44385720732026658405.jpg?w=1024 A deep...
The Silence Around Female Offenders
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- Why society still refuses to believe that women can sexually abuse — and what it’s costing survivors. !https://groomingfiles.wor...
Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- A survivor-led educational breakdown of the biggest myth fuelling child sexual abuse silence. !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.c...
To the Survivor Who Just Wanted to Be Heard — I Heard You.
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000fdec622fad04d43c567aca9d9215505021924700849.png?w=683 ---...
What We're Still Not Talking About
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Inside HMP Parc– “Go Swallow Some Blades”Allegations of Psychological Abuse and Negligence
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What If He Spoke Up Sooner?
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Badges and Blind Eyes: Inside Britain's Rotting Police Culture
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The Kids the System Sold Off: The Illegal Care Crisis in England and Wales
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000b490620aac9eee580ff4a2b22629574911050726368.p...
“But She Said She Was 16” — Why the Law Still Calls It Grooming
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“The Flat Was Familiar — Because It Was His”: How a Town Normalised Grooming in Plain Sight
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The Signs Were Always There — You Just Didn't Want to See Them
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Predator Excuses: The Lies They Tell — And the Truth Survivors Know
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Welcome to the New Hunting Ground: TikTok, Live, and Unstoppable
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Convicted paedophile alleged to have worked with vulnerable inmates at Welsh prison
© Written By Sophie Lewis - The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Safeguarding Failure: Convicted paedophile allegedly allowed to work with vulnerable prisoners at a Welsh jail. Ful...
A Letter To H.
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They Never Listened: Her Fight for Survival
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'I Still Believe In Good' Part Four: I Carried It With You
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'I Still Believe In Good' Part Two: The Woman — A Promise of Puppies
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'I still Believe In Good' Part One: The Priest — Betrayed by Trust
By Sophie Lewis - The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Disclaimer: This story has been shared with full consent. The survivor has chosen to remain anonymous. All identifying detail...
What the Fuck Just Happened? - The End
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Three Days With a Predator - Part Six
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Three Days With a Predator - Part Five
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Three Days with a Predator - Part Four
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Three Days with a Predator - Part Two
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Three Days with a Predator - Part One
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Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away
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