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The child sex abuse scandal in Rochdale 'is the same gravity of Rotherham', a former Greater Manchester Police officer has said.
Speaking anonymously in an interview with BBC Radio 4, he claimed that during his time in the force senior officers within GMP knew the issue was prevalent, but did little to act.
He also said senior officials knew that girls as young as 13 were engaging in physical relationships with adult males, but did nothing because the victims did not make official complaints.