Peter Righton
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Career
Righton worked in children's homes, including in Maidstone, Kent, and was a lecturer in child protection and residential care, including at the
National Institute of Social Work,[4] and vice-chairman of governors at New Barns School in Toddington, Gloucestershire.[5] He was also a consultant to the National Children's Bureau.[6] Righton justified relationships between adults and children in his academic work[6] - he wrote in Social Work Today in 1977 that "Provided there is no question of exploitation, sexual relationships freely entered into by residents – including adolescents – should not be a matter for automatic inquiry", and wrote in the book Perspectives on Paedophilia that "Most child molesters, if paedophile at all, are so only incidentally. Most of those I have called 'dispositional' paedophiles, when they engage in sexual activity with children, do not molest them... On the contrary, the child's consent is usually of cardinal importance to them."[7][8]
Child abuse and conviction
Journalist
Tom Watson wrote that the Chief Constable of Suffolk warned against Righton being allowed to live on the estate but was ignored.[14]
In October 2012, Watson claimed that Righton was involved in a paedophile ring with connections to the British Government.Elm Guest House child abuse scandal.[16]
Works
- Righton, Peter (1981). "The adult". In Brian Taylor (ed.). Perspectives on Paedophilia. London: Batsford Academic and Educational.
- Sonia Morgan and Peter Righton, ed. (1989). Child Care: Concerns and Conflicts. A Reader. London: Hodder & Stoughton in association with the Open University.
References
- ^ a b Mowbray, Chris (17 September 1992). "Child care expert fined over photographs of naked boys". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018
- ^ a b c "Paedophile Peter Righton 'Had Documents Linking Him To Establishment Child Abuse Ring'". Huffington Post UK. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ a b Davies, Nick (April 1998). "The sheer scale of child sexual abuse in Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Child abuse ring's 'link to Number 10'". Evesham Journal. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Fairweather, Eileen (9 November 2012). "'I do not doubt men in smart cars preyed on boys – but justice requires detective work not hearsay '". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-7134-3718-8.
- ^ Wolmar, Christian (27 February 2014). "Looking back to the great British paedophile infiltration campaign of the 1970s". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ Brown, Sheila (1 August 2005). Understanding Youth And Crime: Listening to Youth?. McGraw-Hill International. p. 116.
- ^ Pearson, Allison (5 June 1994). "TELEVISION / How to out-loony the Left". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Children at Risk: The Secret Life of a Paedophile". Inside Story. BBC. 1994. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ Colledge, Pauline (1998). "The true scale of the problem". The New Law Journal. 148. Butterworth: 955–6.
- ^ Davies, Liz. "Listening to survivors: child abuse and the establishment". Social Work Future. Social Work Action Network. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- Watson, Tom (18 April 2014). "In praise of Simon Danczuk". LabourList. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Why are abuse allegations in news?". BBC News. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Child abuse investigations". BBC News. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
External links
- Inside Story – The Secret Life of a Paedophile, BBC documentary on Peter Righton (Available via YouTube);
- "Richard Alston abuse case: Former teacher sentenced". BBC News. London. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.