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THE ESTABLISHMENT KNEW CYRIL SMITH WAS ABUSING CHILDREN BUT COVERED IT UP, DAMNING INQUIRY FINDS A scathing report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has concluded the former Rochdale MP and others were allowed to get away with it, in order to avoid reputational damage* Share
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The Westminster establishment turned a ‘blind eye’ to child abuse allegations against former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith for decades, a long-awaited national inquiry has found. Smith and other high-profile MPs were protected from police action by their parties as their whips tried to avoid damaging ‘gossip and scandal’, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) concluded in a damning assessment of political culture spanning years.Skip
p:nth-of-type(2)","sizes":,"hideOnSensitiveArticle":true,"relativePos":"after","additionalClass":"in-article","name":"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot","type":"VIP"}" data-gpt-placeholder="" data-response-start="2466.115000002901" data-type="gpt" style="height: 8px; max-height: 8px;" data-requested="4036.225000003469" data-google-query-id="CNr5q9WX-ucCFQE2fwodZIoINA" data-timer-slot-rendered="5854.100000011385" data-rendered-width="8" data-rendered-height="8" data-response-end="9400.22000001045"> Institutions ‘significantly failed in their responses to allegations’ of child abuse, it finds, criticising former Liberal leader Lord Steel for failing to pass on claims against Smith - even though he believed them to be true - because it was ‘pasthistory’.
While the inquiry found no evidence to support claims of an organised paedophile ring in Westminster, it did find institutions ‘regularly put their own reputations or political interests before childprotection’.
Claims of abuse by Cyril Smith - including in children’s homes in Rochdale - date back to the 1960s, when police originally looked into allegations made against the then-councillor, later to become MP and senior figure within the Liberal Party. Cyril Smith (left) and Liberal party leader David Steel pictured in September 1973 (Image: Getty Images) That investigation was dropped and despite claims of his abuse continuing for decades afterwards, only after the politician died in 2010 did Greater Manchester Police confirm, following an investigation by the _Manchester Evening News_,
that had he still been alive there would have been sufficient evidenceto charge him.
p:nth-of-type(6)","type":"performPlaceholder","relativePos":"after"}" data-placeholder-placeholder="" data-response-start="2466.7800000024727" data-type="placeholder"> The IICSA inquiry found that both in his case and in the those of other suspected MPs, including the late Conservative Sir Peter Morrison, parties and other institutions effectively covered them up.READ MORE
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Steel has been suspended from the Lib Dems after Cyril Smith admission Professor Alexis Jay, who chaired the inquiry, said: "It is clear to see that Westminster institutions have repeatedly failed to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse, from turning a blind eye to actively shielding abusers. "A consistent pattern emerged of failures to put the welfare of children above political status although we have found no evidence of an organised network of paedophiles within government. "We hope this report and its recommendations will lead political institutions to prioritise the needs and safety of vulnerablechildren."
Cyril Smith and Liberal leader David Steel on the campaign trail in Rochdale during the 1987 general election (Image: Mirrorpix) The national inquiry into child abuse was announced by Theresa May when she was Home Secretary, following a string of historic allegations against political figures, including Cyril Smith. Speculation had long surrounded the actions of one-time Liberal leader Lord Steel, who was said to have been well aware of Smith’sbehaviour.
In recent years more men have come forward to allege they were abused as children not only when Smith was a councillor in the 1960s, but later as an MP, including during the 1980s in the notorious Rochdale residential school Knowl View. During one hearing, Lord Steel denied ‘hiding his head in the sand’ over child abuse allegations against Smith, but said he ‘assumed’ the former Rochdale MP had abused teenagers at one hostel dating back to the 1960s. He told the inquiry: "These allegations all related to a period some years before he was even an MP and before he was even a member of the party, therefore it did not seem to me that I had any position in thematter at all.
"He accepted the story was correct. Obviously I disapproved, but as far as I was concerned it was past history." Lord David Steel (Image: PA) On recommending Smith for a knighthood, Lord Steel said: "If I had any suspicion that these activities had been continuing or he had been involved in it as an MP I certainly would not have recommended him for a knighthood - that would have been my natural instinct." The report found institutions including the Liberal Party and the police had known full well that both Smith and others had been abusingchildren, however.
It stated: "For example, in the 1970s and 1980s, MPs including Liberal politician Sir Cyril Smith and Sir Peter Morrison were known to be active in their sexual interest in children, but were protected from prosecution," it found. The report found there had clearly been a 'significant problem' with deference towards people of public prominence, from the whips' offices to the police and prosecutors, although the investigation found no evidence of an organised paedophile network at the heart ofgovernment.
It added: "A consistent pattern that has emerged from the evidence we have heard is a failure by almost every institution to put the needs and safety of children who have survived sexual abuse first." Manchester-based Richard Scorer, a specialist lawyer at Slater and Gordon who is representing eight of Smith’s victims, said: "Steel's total inaction after being told by Smith himself that he had molested young boys is unforgivable, most of all for those victims whose abuse he could have stopped.Knowl View school
"To suggest Steel is a scapegoat, as some have done, is grasping at straws - a pathetic attempt to excuse a man who admitted he knowingly turned a blind eye to Smith's crimes. He is not being blamed for them but for his own failure to stop Smith when he had the chance. "This must surely now be the catalyst for a mandatory reporting law, compelling those who suspect child abuse to report their concerns, and for an end to this culture of deference towards those in power which allowed Smith to evade justice for so long." The report made a number of suggestions including changes to the honours system, re-examining the policy over posthumous forfeiture of honours - which would strip knighthoods from the likes of disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile, and creating widespread and well-understood whistleblowing policies for all Westminster institutions. Government has also been urged to review its child safeguarding policies, and for all legitimate political parties to have a "comprehensive safeguarding policy" overseen by the watchdog. ol>li:nth-of-type(2)","relativePos":"after"},{"referenceNode":".article-body>
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