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Posted by: A.Dean on Oct 26 2012

The number of victims of Jimmy Savile’s abuse continues to rise. As of yesterday, Scotland Yard had identified 300 of his victims—an increase of 100 over last week. The police have already spoken with 130 victims thus far, and are exploring 400 lines of inquiry.

These figures boggle the mind. That a man who never left the limelight for five straight decades could have gotten away with child abuse on this scale begs many questions; inquiries have now been launched to answer these, and examine the roles and failures of the BBC, NHS, and police in overlooking the evidence of his activities. While it is too little too late for survivors to face Savile down in court, civil redress remains a possibility for survivors of his abuse.

The Savile story begs the question of whether he was an anomaly,…