Celtic FC bosses insist they are not legally culpable for widespread abuse at its feeder club

Celtic FC’s refusal to accept blame for systematic child abuse at its feeder club has been undermined by its own archives which reveal “official” links between the two organisations.

Four men who held senior positions at Celtic Boys Club have been convicted in recent months of molesting dozens of children over three decades.

While expressing “regret and sorrow” for the victims, Celtic FC bosses insist they are not legally culpable for the widespread abuse, describing the boys club as an “entirely separate organisation” with which they had “historic contacts”.

Their position is contradicted by a number of articles in the Celtic View, the club’s official magazine, however, which talk of the boys club being “brought into the Celtic family”.

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