ChidLine founder Estzer Rantzen says she ignored Jimmy Savile child abuse stories
by Anorak | 1st, October 2012
ESTHER Rantzen sinks her choppers into the Jimmy Savile child rapist allegations. The former BBC presenter says of her now dead BBC colleague in the ITV documentary Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile:
“We all blocked our ears to the gossip.”
That’s the same Esther Rantzen who set up ChildLine in 1986, a confidential phone service for under 19s to open up about abuse. As she said:
“There’s so much pain in life that you can’t avoid, but I don’t think there’s any cause more crucial than protecting children from the avoidable pain.”
Unless you’re ears are blocked and the abuser’s a colleague?
The BBC have got some explaining to do.
Posted: 1st, October 2012 | In: Celebrities Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
