UNITED KINGDOM
Hartlepool Mail
A Roman Catholic official has expressed regret and sorrow that a primary school teacher from County Durham was able to sexually abuse children for more than a decade.
Several parents and one of his young victims made complaints about Ronald Wotton’s behaviour in classes to the head teacher of the Roman Catholic primary school, but they were not believed.
The head explained the behaviour was just the paedophile teacher’s way of being “friendly”, and the girl who came forward was told she had to apologise to him, in class.
Wotton was allowed to retire when a new head took over in 1980, following a discussion with the parish priest, amid concerns about the mounting allegations. He was able to claim his deafness was the reason for leaving.
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