UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
A former scout leader at a care home linked to Jimmy Savile and dubbed the ‘orphanage from hell’ has been jailed for three and a half years for molesting vulnerable young boys in the 1960s, it can now be reported.
John Cahill, now 74, from Bedford, was sentenced at the Old Bailey in March after pleading guilty to six counts of indecent assault on four boys aged between 10 and 14 at St Francis, Shefford.
His convictions can only be reported following the conclusion of a trial against James McCann, 80, of Swaffam, Norfolk, who was also charged with abusing children at the home run by the Catholic Church.
Savile was a regular visitor to the area and is believed to have attended the chapel at the home.
Cahill’s victims, now in their 60s, wept in court as they told how their lives were devastated by the abuse they suffered as children.
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