Celtic face threat of multimillion pound compensation claim(The Times)

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Jim McCafferty sentence: Legal action over child abuse is imminent, Celtic warned
Marc Horne
May 16 2019, 12:01am, The Times
Celtic has expressed sympathy for the victims but insisted that the boys club is a separate organisationTIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP
Celtic FC will face a multimillion pound compensation claim “within months” unless it accepts responsibility for the paedophiles who preyed on young players, a senior lawyer has said.
The warning from Patrick McGuire, who has represented some of the victims, comes after Jim McCafferty, 73, a former club kitman and Celtic Boys Club coach, was jailed for six years and nine months after admitting that he had molested boys over 24 years.
Jim McCaffertyPOLICE SCOTLAND
The jail sentence is the third to be handed down to former Celtic Boys Club staff after Jim Torbett, 71, its founder, and Frank Cairney, 83, a coach, were imprisoned for sexually assaulting youngsters.
Gerard Kind, 66, the former chairman of the boys’ club, was convicted of abusing four boys and a girl…
 
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Here is the full version , the typo Gerard Kind should have read Gerald King , I'm sure.

Marc Horne
May 16 2019, 12:01am, The Times
Jim McCafferty sentence: Legal action over child abuse is imminent, Celtic warned


Celtic FC will face a multimillion pound compensation claim “within months” unless it accepts responsibility for the paedophiles who preyed on young players, a senior lawyer has said.
The warning from Patrick McGuire, who has represented some of the victims, comes after Jim McCafferty, 73, a former club kitman and Celtic Boys Club coach, was jailed for six years and nine months after admitting that he had molested boys over 24 years.
The jail sentence is the third to be handed down to former Celtic Boys Club staff after Jim Torbett, 71, its founder, and Frank Cairney, 83, a coach, were imprisoned for sexually assaulting youngsters.
Gerald King, 66, the former chairman of the boys’ club, was convicted of abusing four boys and a girl while he was employed as a primary school teacher, but was not jailed.
Mr McGuire, a partner with Thompsons Solicitors, said that court action would be launched imminently unless the club changed its stance.
Celtic has expressed sympathy for the victims but has insisted that the boys club is a separate organisation and not its responsibility.
Mr McGuire said: “We have formally intimated a large number of claims on behalf of survivors of all the four named paedophiles that operated under the guise of the wider Celtic umbrella. We continue to gather evidence and have got a lot of financial information. We have got the evidence of survivors, talking about the links.
“The case is being gathered and we absolutely will be going to court, and probably doing so in a matter of months, unless Celtic’s tack changes.”
Mr McGuire argued that Celtic should follow the precedent set by Manchester City, which has launched a compensation scheme for youngsters abused by Barry Bennell, a former youth coach and serial paedophile.
“Celtic’s board and chief executive should stop hiding behind their lawyers and start looking at what Manchester City has done,” he said.
It has been reported that a claim could amount to more than £5 million.
Celtic FC did not respond to a request for comment.
 
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Mondraker said:
Penn state have paid out upwards of $100 million now.

Not too dissimilar in that there were rumours and signals but those in charge chose to do nothing.

If theres not a similar outcome with Celtic it really does put a signal out to the world, Scotland is a relatively safe place to be a paedophile.
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did they not end up having national championships being removed only to be reinstated?
 
Sandbear

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If what I read is true that Celtic payed the boys club bills then surely the separate entity cover is see through. Any lawyer with half a brain could also ask why they payed the Trophy Center half a million a year.
 
TAFKA Earl C etc

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adidasler said:
Celtic's attitude and actions in all of this have been utterly disgusting.

Even the most rabid in their support will surely recognise what's happening here eventually.
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You're talking fans who sign songs in praise of men that have murdered children, blown up foetuses, butchered those at Remembrance Services etc. etc - what's a few hundred more innocent lives to be ruined to them?
 
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Mondraker said:
Penn state have paid out upwards of $100 million now.

Not too dissimilar in that there were rumours and signals but those in charge chose to do nothing.

If theres not a similar outcome with Celtic it really does put a signal out to the world, Scotland is a relatively safe place to be a paedophile.
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Punitive damages are not available in Scotland. So that won't happen unfortunately. I seen a post that compensation for inflicted PTSD can range from £40k - £88k
 
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Remember, some of these victims and their families are on record as saying they were strongly warned by Celtic not to take matters further at the time because it would tarnish the reputation of the club (CFC, not the boys club...)
I'd say its check mate against Celtic now, they either admit accountability or it goes to court and all their dirty secrets get aired.
Either way, I think this will cost them millions in compensation and to the damage to their "reputation"... Also, no chance Lawell is surviving this.
 
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I wonder what nice phone calls and letters Mr Patrick McGuire is getting this now and we will never hear about!
 
BackJardine

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Remember, some of these victims and their families are on record as saying they were strongly warned by Celtic not to take matters further at the time because it would tarnish the reputation of the club (CFC, not the boys club...)
I'd say its check mate against Celtic now, they either admit accountability or it goes to court and all their dirty secrets get aired.
Either way, I think this will cost them millions in compensation and to the damage to their "reputation"... Also, no chance Lawell is surviving this.
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This is potentially the card which will damage them most. They are continuing t
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Some of the abuse took place on a tour in the USA, take the case there and the damages do through the roof.
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Yup. Can only hope the states gain traction. I think its the only hope we have of seeing really justice served unfortunately.
 
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Mondraker said:
Penn state have paid out upwards of $100 million now.

Not too dissimilar in that there were rumours and signals but those in charge chose to do nothing.

If theres not a similar outcome with Celtic it really does put a signal out to the world, Scotland is a relatively safe place to be a paedophile.
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That won't happen in this country as you cannot charge the people carrying out these crimes with punitive damages. It's only compensation figures for those violated. The highest in this country has been around £500k and that was settled out of court. For those awarded by the court, it's more like £75k.

Here is an interesting read on the true legal ramifications of this in Scotland. (Top comment)
 
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CFC will be bricking it and doing loop-the-loops with their legal teams on this one.

"We'll sue for multimillions UNLESS you admit responsibility" has to be a nightmare position for them.

Admit responsibility and create an open goal for payout claims or continue to deflect and deny and be taken to court for the claims anyway.

What this tone from the lawyer does suggest is that the victims aren't chasing the money - they're saying they'll stop pursuing if the club admits its part.
 
omegaman

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Even Celtic must know this separate entity wheeze is doomed to failure.

The fact Stein had the authority to boot Torbett out of the Boys Club rips that up for starters.

That they then re-employed Torbett in full knowledge of his previous abuse is a smoking gun of gigantic proportions.

But, Beasts being Beasts, they always live in hope of cheating their way to victory.

I think their luck is just about to run out.
 
tazzabear

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adidasler said:
Celtic's attitude and actions in all of this have been utterly disgusting.

Even the most rabid in their support will surely recognise what's happening here eventually.
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Nope.
Even this morning, nothing to do with the club.
Every question calling on deaf ears.
One retort “why are you so obsessed with this?”
My reply “Because, if we weren’t, you and the other paedo pals, would get away with it.
 
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