As much as I hate even the thought of this pathetic excuse for a human being, I feel it's important to present some findings in the latest reports.
Newly-published reports have said the late entertainer Jimmy Savile sexually assaulted victims aged five to 75 in NHS hospitals over decades.
The reports, which cover 28 hospitals, include graphic details of his activities.
Savile sexually assaulted victims as young as five at NHS hospitals - and this happened during decades of unrestricted access, the reports say.
He abused patients in their beds, in corridors and also targeted staff and visitors. The reports detail harrowing accounts from alleged victims.
Leeds General Infirmary
Sixty people came forward to say they had been abused between 1962 and 2009. They were aged between five and 75. Thirty-three of the 60 were patients and 19 were children.
A number of organisational failures allowed someone "as manipulative as Savile to thrive and continue his abusive behaviour unchecked for years", the report says. More like decades! How can it be possible that no-one did anything about this? I think a lot of people must have much to answer for, not in this world, but...
One 10-year-old boy was sexually assaulted while he waited on a trolley for an X-ray on a broken arm.
Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital
The report details 11 allegations of sexual abuse, six of them involving patients. Two were staff and three were children, it says.
It said Savile watched and made inappropriate comments when female patients were stripped and showered naked in front of staff.
The report said the number of cases of abuse it found was likely to be an underestimate.
Inquiry chairwoman Dr Sue Proctor says Savile had an "unwholesome interest in the dead".
She also referred to Savile's claims that large rings he wore were "made from the glass eyes of dead bodies at the mortuary".
It is alleged he posed for photographs and performed sex acts on corpses in the Leeds hospital mortuary.
The report says there is no way of verifying this but Dr Proctor says controls on access were lax.
The reports detail how hospital staff "didn't want to hear or believe" what his young victims were saying.
They say Savile had a familiarity with porters and nurses rather than with senior managers, and he threatened he could get people fired if they reported allegations of his abuse.
Measures are now in place to make sure a similar situation does not happen.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the reports detailing Savile's abuse were "truly awful", patients had been "let down badly" and he apologised on behalf of the government.
Peter Watt, national services director at the NSPCC, said it was "hard to believe senior staff could be so blind" to what was happening. Exactly!
Lesley McLean, Victim Support's manager for West Yorkshire, said Savile preyed on his victims and many who were children at the time were still "coming to terms with feelings of guilt".
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham questioned whether those negligent in public duties should be held to account, and said he was concerned about how public bodies carried out checks and managed their relationships with celebrities.
Newly-published reports have said the late entertainer Jimmy Savile sexually assaulted victims aged five to 75 in NHS hospitals over decades.
The reports, which cover 28 hospitals, include graphic details of his activities.
Savile sexually assaulted victims as young as five at NHS hospitals - and this happened during decades of unrestricted access, the reports say.
He abused patients in their beds, in corridors and also targeted staff and visitors. The reports detail harrowing accounts from alleged victims.
Leeds General Infirmary
Sixty people came forward to say they had been abused between 1962 and 2009. They were aged between five and 75. Thirty-three of the 60 were patients and 19 were children.
A number of organisational failures allowed someone "as manipulative as Savile to thrive and continue his abusive behaviour unchecked for years", the report says. More like decades! How can it be possible that no-one did anything about this? I think a lot of people must have much to answer for, not in this world, but...
One 10-year-old boy was sexually assaulted while he waited on a trolley for an X-ray on a broken arm.
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| Main entrance at Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital |
The report details 11 allegations of sexual abuse, six of them involving patients. Two were staff and three were children, it says.
It said Savile watched and made inappropriate comments when female patients were stripped and showered naked in front of staff.
The report said the number of cases of abuse it found was likely to be an underestimate.
Inquiry chairwoman Dr Sue Proctor says Savile had an "unwholesome interest in the dead".
She also referred to Savile's claims that large rings he wore were "made from the glass eyes of dead bodies at the mortuary".
It is alleged he posed for photographs and performed sex acts on corpses in the Leeds hospital mortuary.
The report says there is no way of verifying this but Dr Proctor says controls on access were lax.
The reports detail how hospital staff "didn't want to hear or believe" what his young victims were saying.
They say Savile had a familiarity with porters and nurses rather than with senior managers, and he threatened he could get people fired if they reported allegations of his abuse.
Measures are now in place to make sure a similar situation does not happen.
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| Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt |
Peter Watt, national services director at the NSPCC, said it was "hard to believe senior staff could be so blind" to what was happening. Exactly!
Lesley McLean, Victim Support's manager for West Yorkshire, said Savile preyed on his victims and many who were children at the time were still "coming to terms with feelings of guilt".
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham questioned whether those negligent in public duties should be held to account, and said he was concerned about how public bodies carried out checks and managed their relationships with celebrities.
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