Government files have disappeared from national archives

From the Daily Record:

"Government files containing claims of abuse of some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children have disappeared from national archives. The secret papers contain allegations of physical and sexual abuse in homes and residential schools over four decades."

"Some of the papers prepared by a task force set up by the-then Secretary of State for Scotland Bruce Millan in the late 1960s were seen by Sunday Mail in 2002. But the vast majority of the papers, relating to abuse claims from the 1930s to 1960s, have never been made public."

"They were requested by researchers commissioned by the Scottish Government to examine the extent of historical abuse involving children in care...Other reports detailed children in care being locked in darkened rooms for hours, kids banned from seeing their parents, and a seven-year-old girl who had her mouth washed with carbolic soap for swearing..."

"Campaigner David Whelan, 55, a member of the joint government and survivors think tank, the National Confidential Forum for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, said: "Those missing files weren’t where they should have been. They need to be found."

"He says the papers may have included claims about serial abuser Jimmy Savile, a regular visitor to Fort Augustus Abbey School in Inverness-shire."

"David, who suffered years of sexual abuse at Quarrier’s Children’s Village in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, in the early 70s, said: "We know there are allegations as many as 20 high-profile paedophiles with links to Downing Street regularly used and abused children in care."

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/revealed-crucial-files-detailing-allegations-4552535


"A LEADING human rights expert has called on the Scottish Government to launch a "forensic" inquiry into historical abuse in Scotland."

"Professor Alan Miller, chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, wants an independent investigation into crimes committed against children in the 1960s, 70s and 80s."

"He believes it is vital to find out what the state knew about abuse that went on at residential homes – particularly allegations of child deaths and the destruction of documents and records."

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/tell-truth-child-abuse-cover-ups-3709010