Marcus Parks
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Triple, quadruple, hundreds possibly.
Yeah, they wouldn't write it down when people would complain.
Yeah.
But for Savile, Broadmoor wasn't just about his own physical gratification.
He was also learning.
teaching and commiserating with other men who shared his predilections.
According to a psychiatric nurse who worked at Broadmoor for 30 years, the pedophile patients gravitated towards Jimmy Savile whenever he was there, and they often had long, private conversations.
It's almost like they had workshops.
But again, this is a thing that happens with pedophiles.
This happens.
No, actually, no, they wouldn't.
Like the staff knew there was something wrong with them.
I mean, how could you not?
Yeah.
Like the nurse that told that story, they said that they long considered Jimmy Savile, as did many of his colleagues, to be a man with a severe personality disorder and a man who had an obvious liking for children.
But because Saville had charmed the administration and because he was good press, no restrictions were ever put on Saville's visits.
Because that's the thing.
Saville, he wasn't just assaulting patients.
He was assaulting staff in these hospitals as well.
Whenever, whatever he could get away with.