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Child abuse victims 'outraged' at leading human rights lawyer

A leading human rights lawyer's facing criticism after calling for the age of consent to be lowered to 13.  Barbara Hewson says there's been a 'witch hunt' to pin blame on ageing celebrities following the Jimmy Savile scandal.  In an interview for the website 'Spiked' she also said inappropriately touching a teenager wasn't as bad as something like gang rape. Pete Saunders is a Christian and the heads up the National Association of People Abused in Childhood.

He's been giving Premier's Marcus Jones his reaction:

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