Post by Joanna on Jul 1, 2014 5:02:43 GMT -5
Jimmy Savile Accused of Necrophilia
Sir James Wilson Vincent “Jimmy” Savile has been labeled a sexual predator who indiscriminately took advantage of people in a number of hospitals across the United Kingdom, and is now being accused of necrophilia. An investigation at Leeds General Infirmary, the National Health Society (NHS) hospital in Savile’s home district, revealed 60 victims between the ages of five and 75 years of age. The abuse took place between 1962 and 2009. More than half the victims were patients at the hospital and 19 were children. The report attributed Savile’s ability to manipulate and abuse to such an extent to organizational failures.
Investigation into the Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital concluded a further 11 allegations of abuse by Savile with more than half the victim’s patients. Three were children and the other two were hospital staff. The report, published at the beginning of June, explained how initially, Savile presented himself to the medical superintendent, Dr. McGrath, in 1968. After consideration, Savile was allowed access to the hospital in an attempt to raise public perception of the institution and improve staff and patient morale. Over the course of the next 10 years, Savile’s charming and charismatic personality led McGrath to give him sets of keys that allowed him access to unrestricted ward areas. This was a position of high trust and there is no evidence to suggest McGrath had any reason to suspect Savile was a risk to patients or staff. Savile did not have his keys to Broadmoor taken away until 2009, at which point his visits to the hospital ceased.
The Department of Health report recommended that celebrities who raise funds for the NHS should not be exempt from standard procedures and NHS governing bodies need to be vigilant in checking the suitability of any contact that such personalities have with hospital staff and patients in the future. A report regarding the Leeds General Infirmary located in the north of England brought up allegations that Savile had been involved in acts of necrophilia when he had volunteered there as a porter. This accusation came from a woman who was a student nurse at a different hospital at the time and claims Savile told her about the things he would do to dead bodies at the mortuary when he was alone.
Savile was named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1972 for his service to charity. He died in October 2011 and it was almost immediately after his death that the allegations of sexual abuse were brought to light in a television documentary. Savile reportedly abused his victims in private spaces as well as public areas such as corridors. Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, spoke of the awful nature of the reports of abuse from victims and apologized to those patients who had been let down by the government.
Sue Proctor, inquiry chairwoman, also spoke about Savile’s having an unwholesome interest in dead people. Proctor referenced the claims that Savile himself made regarding the large rings that he wore on his fingers and how they were from the glass eyes of dead bodies from the mortuary. It has been alleged that Savile posed for pictures and performed acts of a sexual nature on corpses at the mortuary in Leeds Hospital. Proctor explained there is no way of verifying these allegations at this time.
Paul Gambuccini, a former colleague of Savile’s, claimed on Tuesday that it was commonly known amongst staff that Savile preyed on hospital patients and that he was involved in necrophilia. Gambuccini worked alongside Savile at the Radio One offices and explained to Radio Five Live presenter Nicky Campbell that at the time, necrophilia was so unheard of that people did not believe it could actually happen. Gambaccini concluded that the entire society, including the British Prime Minister and Royal Family, who issued Savile the knighthood, had been conned by the public image of Savile.
Source: Tabitha Farrar, LibertyVoice, June 27, 2014.
