Predatory Celtic scout Kenneth Divers and two other convicted paedophiles were hailed as being central to the club’s on-field success in the team’s official magazine. Past editions of The Celtic View heaped praise on the club’s scouts – including 78-year-old pervert Divers, who was caged for five years last Wednesday for abusing young boys in his care.
Two articles praised Celtic talent-spotters for their efforts, at a time when Divers was actively abusing boys. His conviction and sentence came as the club is fighting a US-style class lawsuit.
The civil action was launched against the Glasgow club by about 25 child sex abuse victims. Lawyers acting for Celtic have argued that the boys’ club was a separate entity from the senior team. But issues of the club’s weekly newspaper from May 1992 say Divers and fellow scouts Jim McCafferty and Jim Brown – who were both also convicted of child sex offences – played a key role in identifying Celtic stars of the future.
