How do you track down abusers 40 years on?

Peter talks to Marc Horne from the Times about the work they've both done to identify abusers on behalf of the victims of Celtic Boys Club. They talk about uncovering the abuse of Lyness Malley and Bill Kelly for the first time. Malley was also a coach at Celtic Boys Club, Kelly was a coach in West Lothian at a club which acted as a "prolific feeder club" for Celtic.

They also talk about the links between the abusers - including Jim McCafferty. And how those links spread beyond Scotland to one of the most notorious paedophiles in sporting history, Barry Bennell - the man a judge said abused "on an industrial scale".

In this episode:

• Marc talks about the challenges of telling stories like this in a national newspaper
• How Mark worked to track down abusers on behalf of the survivors
• Working with lawyers to cover stories like this even without a criminal conviction
• What it was like to knock on the door of a suspected paedophile
• What it meant to the victims to have the story finally covered by the media

You can read some of Marc's work with the Times here:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/marc-horne?page=1

Again, thank you to all the brave individuals who have come forward to share their story.

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Warning: the episode discusses issues which some people may find distressing.

If you or a member of your family has been affected by the issues in this podcast, you can find help and support here: https://www.mygov.scot/childhood-abuse

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Host: Peter Henderson

I am Peter Henderson, a former producer at the BBC and a press and media communications consultant. This podcast is the product of my personal research and is not attributable to any organisation I have or continue to work with with in my capacity as a communications consultant.

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