“One big man among Torbett’s supporters outside the courtroom even said out loud that my mother and me were ‘dirty lying bastards.’ This was in October 2018,” she recalled. The links between McCafferty and Bennell, and McCafferty and Torbett, now look clearly established. Torbett founded the Celtic Boys Club in 1966, and when Woods joined, he was the manager. EDIT 10: An anonymous sixteenth witness has come forward. in growing up I often reflected on not really having the ability to make it professionally, never mind with Celtic. King was convicted of “lewd and libidinous practices”, which included taking a photo of naked boys in the shower, between August 1984 and April 1989. So far no allegations have emerged publicly from his time at Hibs or Falkirk. We'd never even heard of Crewe Alexandria. Madeleine Luckham accuses Robert Clegg of a campaign of unwanted touching, groping and flirting against her which began when she ended their affair.
“Andy started smoking cannabis and he also was diagnosed with epilepsy. But it was a silence that would not hold forever. Then I stopped going to games. Michelle Gray and her mother, Helen, say they have been subject to a campaign of intimidation over the last two years for daring to speak out against the club. “It was the end of my dream and I was distraught.”. After many years of alcohol and self harm, he died in 2013. They're not alone. The survivors and their families believe the leadership of the club knew about the abuse and did nothing about it. Emily also appears in one message. I went to the doctors, got all kinds of tests and the results came back, there was nothing physically wrong with me. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. VideoBushfire koalas going back to the wild, Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. He convinced me to delete my testimony, and I did - but not before saving a copy (viewable below). After many years of alcohol and self harm, he died in 2013. Last year, another man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was convicted of sexual abuse against young players at Celtic Boys Club in the 1980s. Ms Luckham said: "I had raised Rob's sinister behaviour in my grievance and grievance interview, the touching and flirting in public. One of those men is John Gaffney, who played for Fauldhouse Boys Club in the early 1980s. “One night after training, two of us were helping out, encasing football medals in small plastic covers. There was a sick feeling in my stomach over what had just happened.”, Woods says Torbett exercised tremendous power over the boys. Because if Celtic had kept Torbett away from that club between 1986 to 1994, then Andy’s life and the lives of other boys would not have been ruined,” she said. It destroyed his life. McCafferty joined Celtic in around 1990 as a scout. On another occasion, Craig says he was introduced to Jim Torbett, the Celtic Boys Club founder, who was jailed for a second time last year after a BBC Scotland investigation revealed fresh evidence against him. VideoRescuers rush to save beached pilot whales, Finding positivity in lockdown through photography, Bushfire koalas going back to the wild. He grabbed my neck and tried to forced me to give him oral sex. What he did was groom the boys but at the same time groom the parents, always with Celtic dangling on the end of a stick as a golden carrot.
A few weeks later, their guitarist (Evan) also left after Nick went on a rant about Hobo Johnson being a "rapist" but refused to acknowledge Brooke's frustrations. She told me that back in 1968, Dad had found my letter to Torbett. As a teenager, Gordon Woods ran away from home and spent decades living and working as far from Scotland as he could. Years later, he discovered what he understands to be the reason Torbett dismissed him from the club.
There is help here for you.". Torbett invited Gray to his new flat in Kelvindale and also to The Trophy Centre. “We started going to Torbett’s flat, which was then a high rise on Pinkston Drive in Glasgow,” Woods recalled. As of Friday, January 31st at 12:00 PM, sixteen people have come forward as either victims of or firsthand witnesses to Nick's abusive behaviour. "I had a paper round, then one day he turned up and got me a job in a charity he worked at called the Drake Fellowship.". It has now emerged that Mr Clegg was eventually fired for gross misconduct, including the sexual harassment of another woman colleague. There have been so many shitty things Nick has done and everyone has just gave him the benefit of the doubt.
Gordon Woods was an unlikely candidate to play for Celtic football club, since he came from the other side of Glasgow’s sectarian soccer divide. I've created the link "tiny.cc/nickhartkop" to make sharing and accessing this document easier. "It was only years later when the penny finally dropped. Craig (not his real name) said: "It was a period of three years where the attacks increased in intensity and frequency. "One particular attack⦠he was on top of me, pressing me against the wall⦠physically abusing me.
His ex-wife Linda, told the BBC , "We had a nice home, two kids and a dog - but we always had this hanging over us. US Election 2020: Americans choose between Trump and Biden, Vienna shooting: Arrests after 'freed jihadist' kills four, UK terrorism threat level raised to 'severe', Vienna shootings: Three men praised for helping emergency services, Twitter hides Trump mail voting tweet ahead of polling day, Jack Ma's Ant Group: World's biggest market debut suspended, US election 2020: What to look out for on election night, convicted of abusing children at a primary school, expressed "deep regret" over the abuse carried out by Torbett. Nicks a piece of shit and it’s obvious. What is clear is that Torbett continued abusing young players after Gordon Woods left the Boys Club.
He started to ask personal questions like, ‘What is your willy for?’ Or, ‘What is a cock for?’, “One night we were in his flat watching the TV and I was sitting on the couch while the other boys were on the floor. "That's why now all eyes are on the board of Celtic Football Club to do the right thing," he added. Not all of McCafferty's victims lived to see their day in court. The 38-year-old told an employment tribunal that she made five claims of harassment against Mr Clegg, with whom she had had a six month affair, but was effectively ignored by the bank’s senior managers. EDIT 9: A fifteenth witness and victim, Jess, has come forward and asked that I add her testimony. “In the 1973-74 season, we played in the first ever European Youth Cup and I spent a lot of time at Parkhead [Celtic’s stadium]. What does developing a Covid-19 vaccine look like? Probably six hours.”. But when he was 12, and had the opportunity to play for his home club’s historic rivals, Celtic – originally founded by a Catholic priest – Woods didn’t hesitate.
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