Asked about reports of abuse, he said they had been exaggerated.

There was one other report of sexual abuse during or after the parade, the police said.

Yet their reports of abuse, they said, were brushed off.

The action came more than a year after the diocese first heard the report of abuse.

State workers had ignored reports of abuse from children in that home for more than a decade.

The case again raises questions about the child welfare system's ability to respond to reports of abuse.

There were also reports of physical and sexual abuse.

In 1988, the city received 58,512 reports of abuse, up from 34,671 in 1984.

Unaware of the new abuse reports, the city ended her probation a year and a half early.

The growing resentment against foreigners is leading to increasing reports of abuse.