Essentially, a woman with learning disabilities disclosed to her carers that, 15 years before, she had been sexually abused by a teacher, X, while on a school residential trip. I authorised an investigation, which eventually took very many days and involved both the police and social services. X was still in post but close to retirement, while the senior staff at the school and the local authority from that time had all retired and proved to have very hazy memories.
The investigation revealed that there had been an earlier multi-agency investigation around similar allegations. X had been found to be at best stupidly negligent and at worst seriously abusive. At this point, the matter had been left to the local authority and the head teacher, and he was given just a written warning.
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