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think- ago

Another death in the entertainment industry connected to helping children involved in abuse.

It depends on how you define 'help', sadly. Esther Rentzen, the lady mentioned, who established 'Childline', knew about the late Jimmy Savile, the most notorious child abuser in Britain, and didn't do anything to help the victims. She was part of the cover-up.

Also, there was a child sexually abused on her property 'while she was away'. cough cough

I think the working theory we had was that it might be an organization that tries to find out what sexual abuse survivors know or remember, and we suspected that they might forward this info to abusers IIRC.

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carmencita ago

I just looked into Sarah Caplin who is connected to Childline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Caplin Sarah Caplin is a British producer and television executive, formerly at ITV, and before that Deputy Secretary of the BBC,[1] who has helped create two national charities, one for children and one for older people. She was a founder of Childline, together with her cousin Esther Rantzen and also The Silver Line.[2] She was educated at the University of York and has been married to TV presenter Nick Ross for more than twenty-five years.[1]

Caplin subsequently helped Esther Rantzen set up The Silver Line, a charity for older people, where she is Director of Policy and Communications.

think- ago

Yep, that's the one.

carmencita ago

From that article. He also has strange ideas about women besides saying he would watch CP. CP?!!!

Last week, he was criticised for his comments on rape, when he compared “provocatively dressed” women to a bank “storing sacks of cash by the door”.

think- ago

TL;DR: He's an asshole. They axed him by the way - not for his remarks of course.

carmencita ago

Look. Rantzen and Caplin's charity Silver Line https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/who-we-are/people/ Listed under Amabassadors is Dame Judy Dench and Listed under Patron is H.R.H. The Duchess of Cornwall. I kid you not.