UNITED KINGDOM
Channel 4
Scotland Yard is pursuing 340 lines of inquiry in the Jimmy Savile abuse case, including 40 potential victims.
So far, 12 allegations of sexual offences have been officially recorded, but this number is increasing, Scotland Yard said.
Metropolitan Police detectives are in contact with 14 other forces as the number of allegations against the late television presenter continues to rise. …
Papal knighthood
The avalanche of stories linking Savile to alleged abuse has gained momentum following an ITV documentary which was aired earlier in October where women who said the Yorkshire-born charity fundraiser had raped and abused young women when he was at the height of his fame in the 1970s spoke out.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Catholic church told Channel 4 News the church will wait for the results of police investigations into Savile’s conduct before it takes any action. The Catholic church says Savile would not have been awarded a papal knighthood had it been aware of allegations against him.
Catholic newspaper The Tablet reported a spokesman from the Bishop’s Conference said Savile would not have been given the Order of St Gregory the Great in 1990 had the church been aware of the allegations and they had proved to be true.
The spokesman pointed out that Savile’s papal knighthood expired when he died.
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