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Some of the post on this thread are amazing, to say the least. Like others, I can't see any need for humour in this affair whatsoever
AOG....you need to get real and show some understanding and compassion. Some of those boys were 8 or 9 years old.
Ummm has it right here....the boys were "groomed" over a period of time. Bennell was clever and crafty and that is how he got away with for so many years....he became an expert at grooming children.
To answer your question to me at 10:27. Nothing like this ever happened to me, but when I was 8 years old, I was very shy, so I am unsure what I would have done. An element of shame may have come into it, as the boys might have thought that they may have "encouraged" Bennell in some way. Not all boys would have reacted the same way.
But I will repeat what I posted earlier....some boys DID complain, but Bennell was untouchable at the time. Bennell was a respected football coach, and it is said that he was treated like a God at Manchester City. All the football clubs that he worked for should be looking over their shoulders very nervously today.
Treated like a God...does that remind you of anyone...Jimmy Savile, or Cyril Smith for instance? They were both treated like Gods and proved to be untouchable as well.
The boys effected were not responsible in any way for what happened to them....not even a teeny-weeny bit.