Celtic Boys Club manager 'stuffed banknotes in boy's mouth'

[cooponthewing 1,139]

6 hours ago, ian1964 said:

 

I have just had a look at the tweets from this roaster! What a total scumbag. Reading the other tweets, it seems they have much support from their other followers of Shame FC. It has Hollicom written all over it!

Edited August 7, 2019 by cooponthewing

[ian1964 10,372]

 

[ian1964 10,372]

 

[Bill 13,717]

2 hours ago, ian1964 said:

 

Why is VB pretty much the only voice trying to stop this being swept under the carpet? This may be about years of covering up child abuse but it's also about the widespread and ongoing collusion of sporting authorities, government, police, and the judiciary to promote and defend Celtic FC to the specific detriment of Rangers. Where is the voice of Rangers supporters?

[compo 6,073]

2 hours ago, Bill said:

Why is VB pretty much the only voice trying to stop this being swept under the carpet? This may be about years of covering up child abuse but it's also about the widespread and ongoing collusion of sporting authorities, government, police, and the judiciary to promote and defend Celtic FC to the specific detriment of Rangers. Where is the voice of Rangers supporters?

At the first old firm game we should have a banner the length of the Govan stand so the TV cameras dont miss it .

[ian1964 10,372]

 

[ian1964 10,372]

 

[compo 6,073]

I dont want apologies I want this mob in court facing charges and I want honours stripped for  the years these youngsters were sexually molested. 

[Bill 13,717]

2 hours ago, compo said:

I dont want apologies I want this mob in court facing charges and I want honours stripped for  the years these youngsters were sexually molested. 

I think that's the point. An apology will inevitably lead to court.

[Uilleam 5,395]

From today's Times, a matter not unadjacent;

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/strathclyde-university-opens-inquiry-into-sexual-abuse-of-male-students-9wdwb2lg0

 

Strathclyde University opens inquiry into sexual abuse of male students

Mike Wade

August 9 2019, 12:01am, The Times

Education

 

A Scottish university has opened an independent inquiry into its failure to inform police about sexual abuse allegations made about an academic who preyed on young male students.

The principal of Strathclyde has appointed a QC to investigate why the university failed to take action against Kevin O’Gorman, who was convicted this week of sexual offences against eight young men, and later supplied the references that helped to prolong his offending at Heriot-Watt University.

Strathclyde suspended O’Gorman in October 2011 after a young male student made an allegation of abuse to David Hillier, then vice-dean of its business school. After an internal investigation no report was passed to the police.

O’Gorman, who had been associate dean, left Strathclyde with “the standard confidentially agreement” in February 2012, his trial was told. He was made a professor at Heriot-Watt University, his credentials vouched for in references by senior Strathclyde staff.

Police were eventually alerted after a complaint to senior management at Heriot-Watt, in September 2017.

On Wednesday O’Gorman was found guilty at Edinburgh sheriff court of 14 offences against eight young men, carried out over 11 years, including whipping and humiliating them. He will be sentenced next month. Among his convictions was an offence against the man, then 20, who made the initial complaint to Strathclyde, as well as offences against four other male students from the university.

Joan McAlpine, SNP MSP for South Scotland, said that she was appalled by Strathclyde’s inaction. “The university failed these students and put other young men at risk,” she said. “It beggars belief that despite serious allegations O’Gorman was given references by Strathclyde that allowed him to move to another senior academic position, where he found more victims.”

Annie Wells, Scottish Conservative MSP for Glasgow, said the university’s failure to take appropriate action had caused “untold harm” to victims.

Detective Chief Inspector Martin MacLean, who led the investigation, called O’Gorman “a well-respected and celebrated professor” who “used this to leverage the men he targeted and to keep his offences hidden”. He praised the “decisive action taken by staff at Heriot-Watt University” but did not mention Strathclyde.

O’Gorman, 45, lives with his mother in Milngavie near Glasgow and until recently had a senior position with the Scouts. The former student who reported O’Gorman at Strathclyde described an “invasive” conversation on Facebook messenger. O’Gorman asked whether he wanted an “arse-whipping”, and told him to reveal secrets. The student, who had failed a third-year course, said he felt pressured to comply. He showed the chat log to his parents who complained to Mr Hillier, now associate principal and executive dean.

A spokesman for Strathclyde said: “We are shocked and appalled by what has emerged during this trial. The principal of the university has initiated a QC-led inquiry to establish what we knew at the time, what we ought to have known, and what should have been in place to expose such predatory and manipulative behaviour.

“The university will accept the findings of the independent inquiry and will adopt the recommendations that emerge. The safety and wellbeing of our students is our first concern, and the university is determined to learn from this case.”