Chloe Hadjimatheou

There's a way I'm beginning to look at this story that separates it into two acts. There's Act 1, what's alleged to have happened in the late 1980s between Gareth and Miss Bowen, how it was handled by individual teachers and the school as an institution. That Christ College, it seems, had asked Sally Ann Bowen to quietly move on before the school and everyone left in it moved on too.

There's a way I'm beginning to look at this story that separates it into two acts. There's Act 1, what's alleged to have happened in the late 1980s between Gareth and Miss Bowen, how it was handled by individual teachers and the school as an institution. That Christ College, it seems, had asked Sally Ann Bowen to quietly move on before the school and everyone left in it moved on too.

The fact that Gareth wasn't able to was left as his problem. Das ist der erste Akt. Und für diese Part of the story, I'm open to what some of the former pupils have been telling me. That it was a different era, with different ideas and moral standards.

The fact that Gareth wasn't able to was left as his problem. Das ist der erste Akt. Und für diese Part of the story, I'm open to what some of the former pupils have been telling me. That it was a different era, with different ideas and moral standards.

The early 80s was a time before children's rights were properly fleshed out. And that meant that some very dark movements were able to get a foothold in the public conversation.

The early 80s was a time before children's rights were properly fleshed out. And that meant that some very dark movements were able to get a foothold in the public conversation.

Ein guter Beispiel ist der Pädophile Information Exchange, oder PIE, wie es genannt wurde. Es war ein Kampagnengruppe, die versucht hat, das Alter des Vertrauens zu reduzieren bis vier Jahre alt. PIE hat die Newsnight-Konferenz auf der BBC erhalten, die argumentiert hat, dass Pädophile unfairly demonisiert wurden.

Ein guter Beispiel ist der Pädophile Information Exchange, oder PIE, wie es genannt wurde. Es war ein Kampagnengruppe, die versucht hat, das Alter des Vertrauens zu reduzieren bis vier Jahre alt. PIE hat die Newsnight-Konferenz auf der BBC erhalten, die argumentiert hat, dass Pädophile unfairly demonisiert wurden.

The idea that a paedophile rights activist would be given a platform like this today was just unthinkable. So in some ways, Gareth was a casualty of the era he was born into. Today, our attitudes towards sexual abuse, victims and perpetrators are very different. Or at least we think they are.

The idea that a paedophile rights activist would be given a platform like this today was just unthinkable. So in some ways, Gareth was a casualty of the era he was born into. Today, our attitudes towards sexual abuse, victims and perpetrators are very different. Or at least we think they are.

This is when we come to the second act, what's been happening in the last few years since Gareth started his journey towards justice. The question I'm asking now is, could it be that Gareth is still a casualty of that time? Because what he suspects is that most teachers didn't speak up back then and that they're still keeping the truth hidden today. Most teachers, but not everyone.

This is when we come to the second act, what's been happening in the last few years since Gareth started his journey towards justice. The question I'm asking now is, could it be that Gareth is still a casualty of that time? Because what he suspects is that most teachers didn't speak up back then and that they're still keeping the truth hidden today. Most teachers, but not everyone.

I'm Chloe Hajimothei and from Tortoise, this is Lucky Boy. Episode 3, The School.

I'm Chloe Hajimothei and from Tortoise, this is Lucky Boy. Episode 3, The School.

Emily is Gareth's older sister. Like Gareth, she's smart and observant, but she's also successful. She has a good life, a job she loves and she's a mum to great kids. Talking to her is a bit like catching a glimpse of what Gareth's life could have been. His mental health issues mean Gareth can't work.

Emily is Gareth's older sister. Like Gareth, she's smart and observant, but she's also successful. She has a good life, a job she loves and she's a mum to great kids. Talking to her is a bit like catching a glimpse of what Gareth's life could have been. His mental health issues mean Gareth can't work.

And so this investigation and his obsession with proving what really happened pretty much fills his days.

And so this investigation and his obsession with proving what really happened pretty much fills his days.

But I've called Emily to ask her about something specific. The last few weeks of the relationship between her brother and Sally Ann Bowen. Just before it all fell apart. Emily wasn't living at home then. She didn't really get on with her mum, Philippa. So after she left to go to uni, she never went back.

But I've called Emily to ask her about something specific. The last few weeks of the relationship between her brother and Sally Ann Bowen. Just before it all fell apart. Emily wasn't living at home then. She didn't really get on with her mum, Philippa. So after she left to go to uni, she never went back.