1.   Dietz could not say whether Erik is lying about alleged abuse by his father.

2.   How could such alleged abuse have taken place on so wide a scale for so long and gone unnoticed by authorities?

3.   Police said they became aware of the alleged abuse on Thanksgiving night and the children were removed from the home then.

4.   The couple were arrested Wednesday after two of the boys finally told investigators of the alleged abuse, police said.

5.   The drumbeat for an appointment of an independent counsel to investigate alleged abuses in campaign financing will almost certainly escalate.

6.   The Labour MP for Jarrow said investigations into alleged abuse of the postal system were carried out as a matter of routine.

7.   ACTION to curb alleged abuses of the council house right-to-buy scheme is to be demanded by representatives of Scottish housing committees.

8.   His evidence, he says, is in relation to an alleged abuse of the internal promotion system.

9.   In the scenarios above, establishing who was where at the time of the alleged abuse makes the difference between conviction and no conviction.

10.   It follows a series of scandals involving alleged physical abuse, drug taking and prostitution in homes around the country.