Be serious Dave - you're making that name up! Lord Tonypandy? Seriously, how could you not be a pedo with that name?
I have real problems with all these cold cases that are so popular these days. Yes, there may be some true, nasty criminals in there, but alongside how many innocents? When God was going to destroy Sodom, Abraham argued the toss with him, pointing out how wrong it was to destroy a city if it contained even 10 innocent men. (God still levelled the place, but he was a bit mad in the early days)
And there's something about these middle aged men who come out with stories of abuse from 30 years ago. As a group, they seem disturbingly attracted to the whole emotional drama they're playing out - always in tears and flaring up in righteous anger. On more than one occasion, reading into the claims of such men, it's become apparent to me that what really upset the boy was not the "abuse" but the fact that he was dropped once he got too old. Well son, maybe you had to man up, rather than cossetting an adolescent wound that is all our lot in this big ole veil of tears.