Celtic grope hell: 'I was betrayed by the club I love'

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Basically, that woman went through hell and you call it nonsense?

Here's a post from FF that will be hard to follow. ...

 

 

Ralphbrand

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Sexual abuse, whatever form it takes, is an abhorrent thing. The victims tend to be the most vulnerable; young children, women, disabled people and others, who for whatever reason cannot look after themselves. Those who perpetrate such crimes tend to be intelligent, cunning and extremely manipulative. They also tend to be the people in power within an organization.

This morning's revelations about a woman who was sexually abused by her supervisor at Celtic F.C. fits the profile perfectly. By all accounts, the woman who is also a mother and a Celtic supporter, was touched up and subjected to verbal profanities by the head of 'security' over a period of years. There is of course a perverse irony in the fact that the person who is supposed to protect, was in fact the one who was committing the crime. As a man, it is difficult for me to imagine what it must be like for a woman going to work, after taking her children to school. What must have been going through her head as she made her way to Celtic Park? The stress, the shame, the sheer sense of impotence must have made her life a living hell for years. By the look of her, she looks a broken woman, and who can blame her?

(There has been precedent, Andy Gray was sacked within twenty four hours after being caught on camera making ONE sexist remark. SKY terminated his and his buddie's lucrative contracts as this was judged as being unacceptable. A key difference is Andy Gray worked in England, whereas Donna Quinn lives in Scotland).

 

Donna Quinn need not feel any sense of guilt, she was the victim. She did the right thing and informed her superiors and waited for action to be taken. No action was taken and this merely emboldened her boss to further abuse her. Those in power at Celtic followed the tried and tested route; go silent, isolate the victim, encourage her molester to seek promotion elsewhere and finally get rid off the victim with hush money. At no point in this process is the actual crime addressed, never mind the welfare of the victim. Let's be clear about one thing, this woman was not an embittered, twisted ex-employee bent on destroying Celtic. The article said that she was a die hard Celtic fan and had made her way 'up' the ranks and was photographed with various stars including Messi. So, she was simply telling the truth, unfortunately telling the truth, never mind seeking justice, are alien to the Celtic way.

 

It's also worth pointing out that Celtic does not pay the minimum wage, which means that all employees there are left to the vagaries of their masters. Much of the Celtic merchandise is produced in distant sweat shops in the far east, where young children are employed in slave like conditions to make shirts for the equivalent of a bowl of rice. Very strange that an organization which espouses helping the underdog and giving to charity cannot even pay the absolute minimum to its employees at Celtic Park. So as well as sexual abuse, we have employees of Celtic also being financially exploited.

 

There are three institutions where sexual abuse has flourished down the years. The BBC, the RC church and Celtic FC.

To be fair, belatedly there has been some limited form of recognition and action from the BBC and the RC church, people have been arrested and victims' voices heard. Not at Celtic however. They have literally no shame, no sense of introspection and self criticism. Everything is about protecting the brand, that mythical, mystical romantic nonsense about being the 'people's club', the club of the downtrodden and dispossessed. Peter Lawwell, the Machiavellian Mick, is the spin master of Scotland, the puppeteer par excellence who has more strings than the Berlin Philharmonic.

 

Finally, the truth will out. Last Saturday, the whole world saw Celtic football club at its worse. Banners of hatred, effigies of a sexually perverted nature. Who in God's name even conceived of this stunt?, whoever they are need to seek professional help. Their minds may be twisted, but whoever they are, they know that as sure as night follows day, no action will be taken against them. Unlike Donna Quinn, they will return to Celtic Park as highly valued 'customers' by Peter Lawwell and at Celtic Park it is always just about the money.

 

 

I was not seeking to belittle sexual abuse but the reason I referred to the OP as "nonsense" was the comparison with what was described as a "Joey Barton moment".

[der Berliner 3,744]

It's obvious to me that you posted it because it occurred or is alleged to have occurred at Celtic FC.

 

If it had occurred elsewhere I doubt it would have rated a mention.

 

Maybe so. But look at our NewsNow page and see the whole Scottish mhedia has something to say about Barton being as outspoken as we are on this board, free advice from everyone able to hit a keyboard. Plus more free advice to all willing to read that MW hasn't got it. That we are in trouble after 6 matches (wonder what they write about Aberdeen).

 

Go over to their NewsNow site then and look at the amount of article from the Scottish media (or otherwise) on this story, or the UEFA shame game, the Old Firm shame et al. All you get is some soothing words with regards to the CL mauling.

 

And it is there where you will find the reason why information like this is being posted on a Rangers board. If anything, it is for staying informed.

[JFK-1 1,693]

It's obvious to me that you posted it because it occurred or is alleged to have occurred at Celtic FC.

 

If it had occurred elsewhere I doubt it would have rated a mention.

 

I'm guessing if it had occurred at Blantyre Vics it may not have rated a mention on the Record either but rightly or wrongly when it occurs where it did you will find that it becomes newsworthy.

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Maybe so. But look at our NewsNow page and see the whole Scottish mhedia has something to say about Barton being as outspoken as we are on this board, free advice from everyone able to hit a keyboard. Plus more free advice to all willing to read that MW hasn't got it. That we are in trouble after 6 matches (wonder what they write about Aberdeen).

 

Go over to their NewsNow site then and look at the amount of article from the Scottish media (or otherwise) on this story, or the UEFA shame game, the Old Firm shame et al. All you get is some soothing words with regards to the CL mauling.

 

And it is there where you will find the reason why information like this is being posted on a Rangers board. If anything, it is for staying informed.

 

Sorry dB but I have neither the time nor the inundation to read "Breaking news headlines about Celtic, linking to 1000s of sources around the world, on NewsNow: the one-stop shop" and still don't see what this "story" has to do with Barton or any of the other matters you mention.

 

I'd say it's clear we have enough problems on and off the park to worry about our own affairs.

[JFK-1 1,693]

Sorry dB but I have neither the time nor the inundation to read "Breaking news headlines about Celtic, linking to 1000s of sources around the world, on NewsNow: the one-stop shop" and still don't see what this "story" has to do with Barton or any of the other matters you mention.

 

I'd say it's clear we have enough problems on and off the park to worry about our own affairs.

 

It has nothing to do with Barton as such and there has never been any implication that it does. The Barton reference is nothing more than a comparison of current issues at either club. As in would we rather the press were talking about a hotheaded player or a an attempt to cover up sexual abuse within the club. And I'm guessing everyone but apparently you got that.