CANADA/UNITED KINGDOM
The Globe and Mail
MARK MACKINNON
LONDON — Globe and Mail Update (includes correction)
Published Wednesday, Jul. 09 2014
He was a diplomat – and reputedly also a Cold War spy – who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971 while serving as her High Commissioner to Canada. It would later come to light that Peter Hayman was also a member of an influential group that lobbied to legalize pedophilia in Britain.
The tawdry tale of the late Mr. Hayman’s secret life made headlines in 1981 after an envelope containing hard-core child pornography and diaries of his experiences and fantasies regarding sex with children was found on a London bus. Now it has emerged again as a key element in a seamy political scandal amid claims he was part of a wider network of child abusers who worked – and were protected – at some of the highest echelons of power in this country.
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