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The Independent, August 2nd 1995

At least one of the 22 people named in connection with alleged cases of child abuse in the north London borough of Islington is currently employed in child care in another local authority, it emerged yesterday.

The disclosure came after the Independent revealed that legal and administrative barriers were preventing councils from checking whether they have any of the former Islington employees on their books.

The man’s continued employment emerged after a council called in a private vetting agency to check his background and credentials when it realised he was one of those listed in a confidential annexe to last May’s White report on child abuse in Islington children’s homes. The report accused the council of allowing “political correctness” to prevent it properly investigating cases of alleged abuse stretching back to 1982. As a result, it is not known whether the staff are guilty or…

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