Jimmy Savile reports uncover shocking details about the late TV presenter and DJ who has been linked to a Catholic boys’ home in Shefford
UNITED KINGDOM
Bedfordshire on Sunday
Written by JULIA SUTTON
JIMMY Savile abused corpses as well as sexually assaulted patients aged from five to 75 in NHS hospitals after decades of unrestricted access, investigators claim.
The reports into the former BBC DJ, who also presented Jim’ll Fix It and Top of the Pops, cover 28 hospitals including Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted the shocking revelations ‘will shake our country to the core’.
Savile died aged 84 in October 2011 – a year before allegations that he had sexually abused children came to light.
The Advertiser has been following the case as the TV personality has also been connected to a former Catholic boys’ home in Shefford.
St Francis House closed in 1973 and we revealed that Savile used to visit the home, as there was a Catholic Church on the site, which is still open.
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