UNITED KINGDOM
Sky News

Sir Jimmy Savile’s gravestone is going to be broken up and dumped after being removed from a cemetery in Scarborough amid new sexual abuse claims.

Scotland Yard says up to 25 young girls were allegedly targeted by the late television star over a period dating back to 1959.

His family said it took the decision to remove his headstone, which bears Savile’s image and lists his accomplishments, as a mark of respect to others buried in the cemetery. It had only been in place for three weeks. …

There have also been calls for Saville to have his papal knighthood removed – although as for the civil order it also ceases to exist after death. He was awarded this in 1990, the same year as he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

A spokesperson for the Catholic Church in England and Wales told Sky…