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Tracy Carmichael

Appeal made for football abuse victims to have their voices heard

A former Paisley man raped as a youngster by a rogue football official who preyed on boys in his care, has called for the Scottish Government to do more for those abused in sport.

Pete Haynes has written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urging her to include survivors of football abuse in the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.

The probe, ordered by the Scottish Government, was established in 2015 to examine institutional abuse in care settings - including residential schools run by religious orders - following a series of scandals.

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