Celtic Boys Club manager 'stuffed banknotes in boy's mouth'

[Gonzo79 15,294]

I would hope that a morally bound government/justice secretary would launch an investigation into these linked goings on at two connected 'separate entities'.  

[ian1964 10,724]

 

[26th of foot 6,084]

1 hour ago, ian1964 said:

 

When I attended Primary School, we used to have a subject entitled, 'Problems'.  You would be presented with a paragraph of information ie Janet has four apples, John has six pears, and Andrew has three tomatoes and a turnip. Two or three questions would follow ie How many pieces of fruit are held by the trio?

 

It seems to me, the question must be asked, how many separate entities does it take to make one Sellik entity?

 

This is not an attempt to be flippant about a most serious matter, it has become a 'Problem' worthy of the attention of all our elected officials.

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54 minutes ago, 26th of foot said:

When I attended Primary School, we used to have a subject entitled, 'Problems'.  You would be presented with a paragraph of information ie Janet has four apples, John has six pears, and Andrew has three tomatoes and a turnip. Two or three questions would follow ie How many pieces of fruit are held by the trio?

 

It seems to me, the question must be asked, how many separate entities does it take to make one Sellik entity?

 

This is not an attempt to be flippant about a most serious matter, it has become a 'Problem' worthy of the attention of all our elected officials.

And upset the catholic voters,  no chance 

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[Uilleam 5,948]

Separatism FC toiling even more. 

Surely all that it has left is to continue to repeat the lie, in the hope that enough iterations will make it seem like some kind of approximation to truth. 

 

From today's Times: 

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jim-torbett-boys-club-abuser-offered-to-bail-out-celtic-b5t5lrcqw

 

Jim Torbett: Boys Club abuser offered to bail out Celtic

Marc Horne

Thursday June 11 2020, 12.01am, The Times

 

 

Jim Torbett is serving a six-year jail term for sexual abuse

 

The millionaire paedophile behind systemic abuse at a Celtic FC feeder team offered to help save the Parkhead club from bankruptcy.

In March 1994 Celtic were hours from going bust as debts spiralled out of control and their credit facility was recalled by the bank.

Michael Kelly, a club director and former lord provost of Glasgow, has told how Jim Torbett, the founder of Celtic Boys Club, pledged to help bail the club out.

Torbett, 72, has twice been convicted of sexually abusing young players between 1967 and 1994. He is two years into a six-year prison sentence.

Dr Kelly, who created the Glasgow’s Miles Better civic slogan of the 1980s, said that he was informed of the proposal by his cousin Kevin Kelly, then the Celtic FC chairman.

During an account of the period in his book Paradise Lost: The Struggle for Celtic’s Soul he wrote: “[Kevin] went on to tell me that friends had put up the £1 million guarantee that the bank were asking for. I asked him who these people were.

“He named [the Irish businessman] John Keane, Jim Torbett, himself and [the Celtic board member] Tom Grant.”

 

Celtic, while expressing “regret and sympathy”, have distanced themselves from Torbett and his crimes, insisting that the boys’ club was an “entirely separate organisation”.

However, the latest revelation further highlights Torbett’s strong ties to the Parkhead club.

 

At the time he was running Celtic’s chain of shops. A company of his, the Trophy Centre, had a lucrative long-term contract with the club, reported to be worth £250,000 a year. Kevin Kelly was a director of the Trophy Centre from 1989 to 2005. Torbett was first convicted and jailed in 1998.

 

Press reports from the 1990s claimed that Torbett had his own seat in the Parkhead directors’ box and had ambitions of joining the board.

His offer of financial assistance was forgotten when Fergus McCann, a Canada-based businessman, seized control. His takeover led to the old board members, including Michael and Kevin Kelly, being ousted. Torbett initially welcomed Mr McCann’s arrival and was quoted in Celtic View, the club’s official magazine, in March 1994, saying: “This is the best thing that could have happened to the club.”

However, within two years Torbett was removed from his role with Celtic Boys Club after allegations of widespread abuse appeared in the press.

 

Mr McCann said that he would personally take steps to restore the confidence of parents and young players in “our Boys Club”.

Making no reference to it being a separate entity, he issued a statement that said: “It is not good for Celtic to be associated with this kind of scandal.

“Celtic is a very proud name to very many people and looked up to in particular by young boys.

“What we have to do is to reassure parents that their boys will be safe playing for our Boys Club and to reassure the boys themselves who dream of playing for Celtic.”

 

Kevin Kelly, now 81, has previously insisted he had no idea that Torbett and others were preying on children, saying: “Those who committed crimes are in jail and that’s where they should be. That’s all I’ve got to say.”

Dr Kelly and Celtic FC did not respond to requests for comment.

Edited June 11, 2020 by Uilleam

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On 13/06/2020 at 07:54, ian1964 said:

 

Will Leigh Griffiths be taking the knee alongside him - just to ensure that hypocrisy is alive and well ?

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