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13 October 2016

Former scout leader at a Catholic children's home dubbed the 'orphanage from hell'

A former scout leader at a care home linked to Jimmy Savile and dubbed the 'orphanage from hell' has been jailed for three and a half years for molesting vulnerable young boys in the 1960s, it can now be reported.
John Cahill, now 74, from Bedford, was sentenced at the Old Bailey in March after pleading guilty to six counts of indecent assault on four boys aged between 10 and 14 at St Francis, Shefford.