Without protection, he’s afraid to tell all

UNITED KINGDOM
Belfast Telegraph

BY LIAM CLARKE – 07 APRIL 2015

Richard Kerr is still scared. He has been warned of Establishment feathers being ruffled. Living in Texas, he feels safe enough on the other side of the Atlantic, but is nervous of returning here again.

He last travelled here from his US home in February for a legal battle to demand that Kincora is investigated as part of a UK-wide public inquiry. This probe would have greater powers to get to the truth than Sir Anthony Hart’s Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry in Banbridge. Judgment in the case is still reserved.

“I’m still in some fear,” he says tonight on Channel 4. “I need to know that I can have faith in our government. But right now, when they’re not willing to bring Kincora into Westminster, the message that sends to me is that there’s some kind of cover-up.”

Mr Kerr pointed out that people like Ian Paisley senior have been accused of sexual misconduct on the internet – yet to Mr Kerr’s knowledge, the former DUP leader was never involved in abuse, and two intelligence officers who have spoken out concur.

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