COVER UP OF A PEDOPHILE
The phone is ringing off the hook at an Abuse Hotline in Britain now that the public finally believes their claims of sexual abuse will be taken seriously. Cases over six decades old are being reopened, and shocking details are emerging regarding a ring of pedophiles that had private access to children in care homes, schools and hospitals across the UK. Even more surprising is the revelation that many of the accused were famous and well-respected members of the elite society…. known for their philanthropic good deeds and love of mankind.
The most prolific of the accused sex offenders was apparently Sir Jimmy Savile, a BBC TV and radio personality, who passed away in 2011. To date, he has been named in over 450 cases ranging from indecent exposure to rape, and everything in between. Boys at the Bryn Estyn care home in Wales are now coming forward claiming they were repeatedly molested to entertain Jimmy and his brother whenever they came to town. Also, girls and young women have claimed to be fondled and groped while sitting on Jimmy’s lap. Described by a radio psychiatrist in 1991 as “a man without feelings”, Savile bragged in his autobiography that many of his sexual conquests took place everywhere, including “bushes and fields, corridors, doorways, floors, chairs, slagheaps, desks and probably everything except the celebrated chandelier and ironing board.”
In honor of all his fundraising, Jimmy was given his own room at two hospitals and had ‘unlimited access’ day and night for over 20 years. A former patient at Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital, Steven George, told reporters that not only did Savile have gold access keys (while the staff had only silver), everyone “bowed and scraped to him as if he were some kind of God.” He apparently also had unsupervised access to physically disabled patients as well based on the number of allegations coming from wheel-chair bound victims, including one helpless 15-year old girl who was molested while recovering from brain surgery. When news of this leaked out to a local newspaper, Savile had the story squashed after threatening that charitable donations to the hospital would dry up.
It has also been revealed by a former BBC colleague, Paul Gambaccini, that Jimmy Savile was sexually attracted to corpses. Volunteering as a hospital porter at Leed’s General Hospital, Jimmy commented one time that he took great pleasure in wheeling bodies to the morgue. Also, he reportedly wrote in his autobiography that the few days he spent alone with his dead mother’s body was the time of his life. Jimmy, the youngest of seven children, never married and confessed once that the real love of his life was his mother, who he called “The Duchess”. After she died in 1973, he spent five days with her corpse before its burial. “The best five days of my life,” he said. “She looked marvellous. She belonged to me.”
Although Jimmy Savile was not the only sex offender that has ever lived, what is important about this story is how many of these allegations were suppressed until after his death. For there to be a cover-up of this magnitude, he had to have used his social status and charitable works as a shield. A close friend of Margaret Thatcher and a frequent visitor to the Royal Palace, he was also known to have a controlling and dominating personality and therefore must have intimidated and manipulated many of his victims. It is also believed that he was protected by others who wanted “favors” from him.
Although it is encouraging that the victims are finally having their say, more thought should be given to how many other trusted public figures are given unsupervised access to children, patients, and sadly, even corpses. Too many of us believe that fame, power and a reputation for good works also means one is an honorable member of society. Think about all the other Jimmy Saviles in the world, and ask yourself if there is someone just like him in YOUR neighborhood, town or place of employment. They could also be your favorite actor, an elected government official or a famous athlete.
One blogger wrote an hour after Jimmy Savile died, “…that it was a good day as at least the children of Britain could sleep better in their beds.”
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