NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
By Kevin Magee
BBC News NI investigations reporter
Police and prosecution services have been criticised for not bringing a paedophile to justice when he confessed to his crimes in the 80s.
Retired church pastor Henry Clarke, 75, confessed to abusing three different boys at care homes in Northern Ireland.
One of his victims has said his abuser should stand trial now.
A child protection expert has said he should not have been allowed to get away with the crimes, and that police had enough to pursue a prosecution.
“In this incidence you had an admission, so you didn’t have… to worry that the allegation was old, and the evidence may be stale,” said Jim Gamble, a former senior officer with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
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