The smearing of Alison Taylor (20.02.98)

Private Eye, 20th February 1998 by Paul Foot

The story behind the North Wales Abuse Tribunal is one of failure, and failure of the worst kind (17.2.00)

Community Care, 17th February 2000 The story behind the North Wales Abuse Tribunal is one of failure, and failure of the worst kind. Countless children in the child care system were abused by the very people who should have had their welfare at heart. Roger Dobson pieces together the events that led to the biggest …

Silencing a scandal – the story of Colin Smart

Silencing a scandal – the story of Colin Smart By Nick Davies The Guardian, April 1998 This is a story we are not supposed to tell. It is about a man named Colin Smart, a mild-mannered, rather bookish character who spent his working life in local government looking after children, and who rose in the …

Hundreds of lives ruined by ‘cult of silence’ – Child Abuse Report (16.2.2000)

Times, The (London, England)-February 16, 2000 Author: Alexandra Frean, Russell Jenkins, Dominic Kennedy and Andrew Pierce Widespread sexual abuse of boys and girls occurred in children’s residential homes in North Wales between 1974 and 1990, according to the Waterhouse tribunal’s report, Lost In Care. It found that a paedophile ring did exist in the Wrexham …

Welsh homes’ cult of silence – Behind the story (10.11.12)

Times, The (London, England)-November 10, 2012 Author: Dominic Kennedy In 1986, Alison Taylor, the officer-in-charge of Ty Newydd local authority children’s home in Bangor, complained to her superiors in Gwynedd County Council about alleged assaults on children (Dominic Kennedy writes). Dissatisfied with the response, she spoke to Keith Marshall, a county councillor, who reported her …