Complaints made about the failure of police to investigate allegations of sexual abuse in a Belfast boys' home were 'legitimate and justified', the Police Ombudsman finds
Complaints made about the failure of police to investigate allegations of sexual abuse in a Belfast boys' home were "legitimate and justified", the Police Ombudsman has found.
But she said "systemic failings" had prevented police from being aware of complaints made to the authorities.William McGrath, Raymond Semple and Joseph Mains, who were senior care staff at Kincora, wereThe complaints by former residents of Kincora were made to the ombudsman's office between 2014 and 2017.
In a report published on Friday morning, Ms Anderson found former Royal Ulster Constabulary officers "did not act" on information provided to them from 1973 to 1976."The boys who were sent to Kincora were vulnerable children. They were placed in the care of the state where they ought to have been safe and protected," Ms Anderson said on Friday.
She said "a convoluted complaints system" had resulted in police not being aware of all instances of sexual abuse at the home.
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