Chloe Hadjimatheou

He said, I would argue until I was blue in the face protecting her and would not hear a bad word said against her. I felt as though I'd betrayed somebody I love and had done wrong by giving evidence. It took him years to realise he'd been coerced, controlled and manipulated by his teacher, he said. And he describes how the entire affair and the lies he told destroyed his family.

The way these stories are reported is very different when the perpetrator's a man. He's a sicko, a predator. But if the offender's a woman, she's sex-mad and sex-addicted, followed by long descriptions about how attractive she is. And always there's an assumption that sex for teenage boys is an achievement. and most of all, the idea that boys are somehow immune to emotional harm.

The way these stories are reported is very different when the perpetrator's a man. He's a sicko, a predator. But if the offender's a woman, she's sex-mad and sex-addicted, followed by long descriptions about how attractive she is. And always there's an assumption that sex for teenage boys is an achievement. and most of all, the idea that boys are somehow immune to emotional harm.

Gareth now believes he was hurt by his relationship with Miss Bowen, but also hurt by the cover-up that came after and continued into his adulthood. What's been harder and taken longer for him to recognise and then finally sever is the emotional hold Miss Bowen had over him.

Gareth now believes he was hurt by his relationship with Miss Bowen, but also hurt by the cover-up that came after and continued into his adulthood. What's been harder and taken longer for him to recognise and then finally sever is the emotional hold Miss Bowen had over him.

If you have any more information about this story, or if you just want to get in touch with us about your own experience, you can write to us at podcasts at tortoismedia.com. In the past, Sally-Ann Bowens denied that she had any kind of sexual contact with Gareth or any other boy. Lucky Boy is reported by me, Chloe Hajimothe. The producer is Gary Marshall.

If you have any more information about this story, or if you just want to get in touch with us about your own experience, you can write to us at podcasts at tortoismedia.com. In the past, Sally-Ann Bowens denied that she had any kind of sexual contact with Gareth or any other boy. Lucky Boy is reported by me, Chloe Hajimothe. The producer is Gary Marshall.

Additional production from Rebecca Moore. Sound design is by Hannah Varrell. Original music by Tom Kinsella. Podcast artwork by Lola Williams. The voice actors are Caris Pentecost, Jasper Corbett, Matt Russell and Katie Gunning. The AI voice cloning was from Eleven Labs and the executive producer was Basha Cummings.

Additional production from Rebecca Moore. Sound design is by Hannah Varrell. Original music by Tom Kinsella. Podcast artwork by Lola Williams. The voice actors are Caris Pentecost, Jasper Corbett, Matt Russell and Katie Gunning. The AI voice cloning was from Eleven Labs and the executive producer was Basha Cummings.

Special thanks to Kavita Puri, Tom Wright, Xanthi Mallett, Peter Garsden, Keith Oddie and Alex Renton. If you or someone you know has experienced the issues covered in this episode, there are places you can reach out to. If you have any concerns about a child, then you can contact the NSPCC's helpline by calling 0808 800 500 or emailing help at nspcc.org.uk or visiting their website.

Special thanks to Kavita Puri, Tom Wright, Xanthi Mallett, Peter Garsden, Keith Oddie and Alex Renton. If you or someone you know has experienced the issues covered in this episode, there are places you can reach out to. If you have any concerns about a child, then you can contact the NSPCC's helpline by calling 0808 800 500 or emailing help at nspcc.org.uk or visiting their website.

Children can contact Childline and talk to an impartial counsellor. No concern is too big or small to discuss. Simply call 0800 1111 or visit their website for a one-to-one chat. For general concerns or talk, adults can contact the Samaritans on 116 123 or email joe at samaritans.org. That's joe at samaritans.org.

Children can contact Childline and talk to an impartial counsellor. No concern is too big or small to discuss. Simply call 0800 1111 or visit their website for a one-to-one chat. For general concerns or talk, adults can contact the Samaritans on 116 123 or email joe at samaritans.org. That's joe at samaritans.org.

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.