YORKSHIRE (England)
The (York) Press
September 11, 2017
By Daniel Willers
AN ALLEGED victim of child abuse at a former children’s home in East Yorkshire has completed a 255-mile walk to London as he campaigns for a public inquiry into what happened at the school.
Darren Furness, 49, is one of 249 men who claim they were abused as boys at the now defunct St William’s Children’s Home, in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire.
Other campaigners joined him for part of the ‘walk for justice’ from Market Weighton to London, via York.
The walk, which began on August 4, took Mr Furness about six weeks.
Mr Furness, from Leeds, said: “We got quite good support on the way down from the public.
“I found the walk quite easy. The night time was a bit daunting, staying in a tent, but that was expected.”
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