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"This story is about myself, about my son, about the man that raped me, and about the fact that Rotherham Council have offered him to apply for parental rights for my child."



Miss Woodhouse said Hussain had been proved to be "a danger to myself and to other children".



She added: "I've also been able to prove that he is a direct danger to my son.



"This is happening all over the country, and it needs to stop.



"Children are being removed [and] being given to rapists, to murderers."



Miss Woodhouse was one of the key witnesses in South Yorkshire Police's Operation Clover investigation which led to a number of Rotherham men being given lengthy jail sentences in 2016, including Arshid Hussain and his three brothers.



She subsequently waived her anonymity and now speaks widely about child sexual exploitation and has written a book about her experiences.



The campaigner revealed on Tuesday that she and Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley, are calling on the Government to change the 1989 Children's Act to "ensure rapists can't gain access to children conceived through rape and abuse".



A Rotherham Council spokesman said that it could not disclose information relating to proceedings hearing in the Family Court, adding: "Like all councils we must comply with legal requirements, including Practice Directions, and that would include giving notice of proceedings to parents with or without formal parental responsibility.



"Often and understandably, cases before the Family Court are emotive and arouse strong feelings amongst those affected.



"We do understand that the legal requirements can cause upset to those involved and so we welcome a debate around this issue, which applies across England and Wales."



A Ministry of Justice statement said: "This is obviously a very distressing incident and the relevant departments and local authority will work urgently to understand and address the failings in this case.



"Local authorities can apply to courts to request permission not to notify parents without parental responsibility about care proceedings, and courts should consider the potential harm to the child and mother when making this decision."