UNITED KINGDOM
The Mail on Sunday
August 24, 2019
By David Rose
– Peter Saunders had a sexual encounter in a Bella Italia toilet with the woman
– Mr Saunders, who founded the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, was arrested
– Mr Saunders, 61, was not charged with any crime but last night said he was ‘deeply sorry’
The head of Britain’s leading charity for survivors of child sexual abuse had a sordid sexual encounter in a restaurant toilet with a woman he knew had been molested as a youngster, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Peter Saunders, who founded the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, was arrested after the encounter, which happened during an alcohol-fuelled lunch paid for on the charity’s credit card.
Mr Saunders, 61, was not charged with any crime but last night said he was ‘deeply sorry’ and would carry the shame of the incident for the rest of his life.
The married father was also forced to resign from his post on the Victims and Survivors Panel of the Independent Inquiry into Childhood Sexual Abuse, the public investigation into systemic sexual abuse in schools, churches and other institutions.
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