SCOTLAND
The National
AUGUST 10TH, 2015
A SURVIVOR of abuse at Fort Augustus Catholic boarding school has asked Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Stephen House to meet with him amid fears the force is not capable of dealing with survivors of child abuse. The call comes ahead of a wide-ranging public inquiry into historic child abuse that, campaigners believe, will lead to a substantial increase in the number of people coming forward to report abuse.
Andi Lavery, from White Flowers Alba, an advocacy group for child sex-abuse survivors, claimed the force were trying to trash his reputation ahead of the start of the Scottish Government’s public inquiry into historic child sex abuse in Scotland.
Lavery’s claim came after police denied a force call-handler had shouted at him when he tried to report abuse on behalf of two men at Pluscarden Abbey.
As reported in the National on Friday, detectives from Police Scotland are now investigating claims of historic child sex abuse at the Moray abbey in the 60s and 80s.
The two men, who say they were abused at that time, went to Lavery who then reported their abuse to Police Scotland.
Lavery says the call handler did not deal with him in a manner appropriate for the crimes he was reporting.
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