Lord Louis Mountbatten implicated in child sex abuse accusation

[OnDoutside]

The late Queen's cousin, murdered by the IRA in 1979 has been accused of child sex abuse. Apparently Mountbatten was known to be bisexual, during his Royal Navy days, even though homosexuality was a crime. Because of his power, a blind eye was turned.

A man who claims Lord Louis Mountbatten abused him at a notorious Belfast children's home has formally launched legal action against state institutions in Northern Ireland. Arthur Smyth, a former resident of the Kincora home, has waived his anonymity to make the allegations.

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His solicitor, Kevin Winters of KRW Law, said in a statement: "In issuing this action today Arthur Smyth has now put down a marker and taken the next important step in his battle to get justice over the horrific abuse suffered by him when he was a child.

"In doing this he wants to expose what, until now, have been suspicions and rumours about one of his alleged abusers, the late Lord Louis Mountbatten.

"He wants the facts finally to emerge about his abuse generally and specific allegations about two separate incidents implicating the now deceased royal."

There was a child sex ring operating in the Kincora boys home in the 70s and 80s.


https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2022/1019/1330170-mountbatten-legal-action/

[Chainfire]

1. That shall stir a historical hornet's nest. But let the chips fall where they fall.

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2. Could there be something to this?

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/lord-mountbatten-accuser-launches-legal-action-against-state-institutions-over-alleged-abuse-42079651.html

Lawyers representing Arthur Smyth lodged a writ of summons at the High Court today as part of a case in which he alleges that the late earl molested him twice during the 1970s. [snip]

Wider proceedings brought by the plaintiff relate to periods he spent as a child at three different facilities in Belfast, including Kincora in the east of the city.

The home, which closed in 1980, was at the centre of a major sex abuse scandal.

Three members of staff were later jailed for attacks on 11 boys, and in 2017 an inquiry found that 39 residents were abused at some point during their time at Kincora.

Related link:
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/kincora-last-look-inside-house-of-horrors-41490909.html

In these pictures, we take one final look at what was the notorious boys’ home of Kincora before this imposing — and long since dilapidated — Victorian building in east Belfast is demolished.

We’ve been given exclusive access as another report into what happened here is due to be published — this time into the police’s handling of the scandal. [snip]

And there was simply no escaping Joe Mains, his deputy Raymond Semple and housemaster William McGrath, with their traumatised young victims living in a prison of pain. [snip]

But others were implicated too — and may have escaped justice. They include a firebrand preacher and a unionist councillor, who both took their own lives — as well as Red Hand Commando leader John McKeague, who was shot dead by the INLA in 1982.

So whether Mountbatten himself was involved - ? Perhaps. It will be interesting to see how Smyth plans to prove his case. Certainly there was a lot of suffering there at the hands of staff and others. Horrific.

[OnDoutside]

3. There were politicians from both sides wrapped up in this too.

Iirc Smith alleges that he was taken from Kincora to some castle where Mountbatten was staying in Northern Ireland, and he raped him there. Apparently there was a young girl brought over from London by this ring as well.

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5. Of course there were

And religious men too.
All these homes were and are part of the let us prey movement

[crickets]

6. Thanks for the info - I didn't know those details.

They're not being mentioned in the articles I've seen. How absolutely vile.

[FakeNoose]

4. Lord Mountbatten was also the beloved uncle to the current King Charles III

I learned that in the TV series "The Crown."