Dr Guthrie's Child Abuse,
Edinburgh.
We are survivors of Dr Guthrie's schools.
We are seeking justice and closure because many of us experienced some of the most appalling abuse and mistreatment imaginable.
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Because of Scotland's rotten, corrupt justice system. Survivors are under pressure to seek redress. Our lawyers cannot bring a case against the institutions that abused us. Scottish law says that the institutions cannot get a fair trial because all the alleged abusers are supposedly dead. There is no mention of the fact that I first complained in 1988 and was ignored. It cannot be emphasised enough that I and other survivors have no right to justice.
We have never had any kind of justice under Scottish law. In Scotland, the authorities have protected the abusers and are currently protecting the institutions; they have disregarded survivors "in my case for 53 years." It's now 2023. Is it any wonder that the abusers are dead? Moreover, the three-year time-bar was only lifted in 2017. It makes me ashamed to be Scottish.
Remember that the majority of survivors have been ignored for a very long time. The new law prohibits institutions from being held liable after those responsible have died.
If our own Holyrood Parliament allows such a law to pass without opposition or even criticism, we can only assume that they support it.
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Dr Guthrie's Ragged Schools - Exclusively for Scotland's elite
to abuse children with total impunity
The schools were 'hellholes' where vulnerable children were tortured
and sexually abused.
The truth about these atrocities will be revealed .
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In Scotland, victims of child abuse are informed that they have two options:
to sue the institutions or to seek redress.
However, in most cases victims cannot sue in civil court if the abusers are no longer alive.
Apparently, the institutions cannot get a fair trial if the perpetrators are dead.
Seeking redress for those who survived Dr Guthrie's schools is therefore a necessity, not an option.
There is a list of voluntary contributors to Redress Scotland
and here is the link to it.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-redress-scheme-contributor-list/
but there is no legal requirement for institutions such as the Dr Guthrie Association
to contribute to the redress scheme.
Survivors cannot sue the Dr Guthrie's Association
and the Dr Guthrie's Association doesn't have to contribute to the scheme.
The abusive Dr Guthrie's Schools Association, now called the Dr Guthrie's Association,
continues to operate with impunity.
They can continue to donate to the charities of their choice
and retain their considerable financial resources,
while the victims of abuse in Dr. Guthrie's schools
remain unacknowledged and uncompensated.
A Scottish charity that advocates for abused children in the Scottish media
received funding from an institution that is under investigation for child abuse
by the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
Donating to a charity dedicated to helping those affected by child abuse did not create a conflict of interest for Dr Guthrie's Association.
However, it is important to note that those abused in Dr Guthrie's schools
feel humiliated and insulted.
We continue to be ignored and disregarded
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Where is the outrage over this? See the investigations at
the Scottish Abuse Inquiry
https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/investigations
Despite being on the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry list since 2015 and being the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, Dr Guthrie's Association is still able to make charitable donations to charities that support victims of child abuse.
You can find them in section 5 of the Non-Religious Voluntary Organisations
Dr Guthrie’s Schools Association. Dr Guthrie’s Boys School. Dr Guthrie’s Girls School, Edinburgh
These are the financial statements of Dr Guthrie's Association
for the calendar year ended 31 March 2022 and 2023
and
It doesn't seem to bother these people that their organisation is the subject of several police investigations, letters from lawyers and the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
If you click on the PDFs and scroll down you will see that Dr Guthrie's Association donated money to two well-known child abuse charities and also spent £44,000 on legal fees in 2022 and £10,000 on legal fees in 2023.
These are the same people who have not apologised to any of the survivors of abuse in Dr Guthrie's schools and who refuse to take responsibility for the abuse that took place in Dr Guthrie's schools.
The same people who have made no contribution to the redress scheme.
Scotland's child abuse investigation list includes Dr Guthrie's schools. Well, we thought it was.
The fact that the child abuse charities actually accepted the donation
is something that Dr Guthrie's survivors find very difficult to understand.
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Are cases of child abuse involving former pupils of Dr Guthrie's schools being swept under the carpet?
Or Is it acceptable to abuse children who have attended
Dr. Guthrie's schools ? ____________________________________________________
Dr Guthrie statue protest video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFFmhEmEVb8
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Do not let them get away with horrific child abuse
