Childhood sexual abuse is never an easy thing to talk about, especiallyif you are a man. Therefore, I was interested to see the press attentionpaid to John Peel's autobiography in which he described the sexual abuseand rape he experienced as a boy.
On a positive note, the NSPCC came out and said that if more celebritiestalked about their experiences it would be easier for children to talkabout it too. But one newspaper seemed to doubt his word and intervieweda range of ex public schoolboys to ask if it had happened to them. Theyall played it down as being part of the school experience.
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