A health professional who reported widespread child abuse at a school for vulnerable boys has told the BBC he believes his report was "suppressed".
Phil Shepherd visited the Knowl View School in Rochdale in 1991 and is to give evidence to an independent inquiry set up by the council.
He says he was told boys as young as eight were working as prostitutes while others had been "forced" to have sex.
Rochdale Council says it cannot comment ahead of the inquiry.
In April, police began a fresh investigation into allegations of abuse and a possible cover-up at Knowl View. The separate independent inquiry is investigating whether Rochdale Council could have done more.
Mr Shepherd, who attended Knowl View to offer sex education training for staff, told the BBC what he was told by them was a "bombshell".
"I wrote a report. I imagined it blowing up anytime soon. The fact that it didn't has always amazed me," he said. (more...)
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