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State papers: Kincora scandal

  • 27-12-2013 5:04pm
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    porsche959
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    State papers: The perjury that allowed Kincora suspect preacher to walk


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    Kincora children's home


    By Adrian Rutherford – 27 December 2013
    A FORMER religious preacher involved in loyalist circles, who was a suspect in the Kincora abuse scandal, walked free because of perjured evidence, the UK's most senior legal figure was told.

    In a private meeting, Attorney General Michael Havers and senior Government officials were briefed on the man's links to the children's home – and how a file on his case had been destroyed.
    Dozens of children were said to have been abused at Kincora, a children's home in east Belfast.
    Three senior staff – William McGrath, Raymond Semple and Joseph Mains – were jailed in 1981 for the abuse, but there have been suggestions of a mass cover-up by the Secret Service, which was rumoured to be protecting high-ranking paedophiles in the military, Civil Service and politics.
    Today's revelations will fuel those suspicions. The scandal is referred to in several files released by the Public Record Office under the 30-year rule. However, the files have been redacted with key papers removed – while one file couldn't be found.

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/state-papers-the-perjury-that-allowed-kincora-suspect-preacher-to-walk-29868826.html

    Interesting also that in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal the police investigation into Kincora has been re-opened. Though it is hard to say if anything new will emerge from ut.


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