UK: Criminal inquiry opens into decades of alleged sexual abuse at top public school

Classics teacher Anthony Fuggle, 57, has resigned from St Paul's boys' school
after he was arrested on suspicion of possession of indecent images

Detectives are investigating three decades of alleged sexual abuse at a top London public school, it emerged today.

The Metropolitan Police are looking into historical claims of abuse at St Paul's boys' school and its prep school, Colet Court, after a number of pupils who attended the school between the 1960s and 1980s were said to have come forward with new information.

The inquiry comes just months after a classics teacher at Colet Court resigned his post after he was arrested and bailed on suspicion of possession of indecent images.

Another former teacher at the school has also been arrested and bailed as part of the investigation.

Chancellor George Osborne and Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC are among the school's most famous former pupils, although there is no suggestion either were victims of abuse.

Police confirmed they made their first arrest last summer before bringing a second man into custody earlier this year.

A spokesman said: 'We can confirm that the Child Abuse Investigation Team at Feltham is investigating historic allegations of sexual abuse alleged to have taken place between the 1960s and 1980s.  (more...)

UK: Criminal inquiry opens into decades of alleged sexual abuse at top public school