Brave Gordon Woods says getting justice has given him strength.
A victim of Celtic Boy's Club pervert Jim Torbett has spoken out over the 'shame' he has felt for 30 years and said he hopes the pervert 'rots in jail'.
READ MORE: Glasgow police promise 'we will listen' to child abuse victims in wake of Celtic Boys Club pervert conviction "I have taken back control from Torbett. I faced him in a court of law. The court offered me a screen so he couldn't see me, but I refused. I wanted him to look at me when I told the court what he did to me.Gordon said he 'broke down' after the jury delivered its guilty verdict on the now 75-year-old and said he can now 'start getting [his] life back together'.
Recalling his childhood ordeal, Gordon told how Torbett would create situations to abuse him and would often take him to events but force him to wear his Celtic Boys Club kit so his parents didn't become suspicious about where he was going. He said he grew to become so terrified of the twisted coach that he led a life of secrecy to protect his loved ones finding out the truth about what he was suffering.
Gordon said: "I never knew my parents knew. My mum was dying when she told me my dad had found a letter in my room that I had written to Torbett asking him to stop hurting me. "She died a few days later and within days my dad also had a stroke and died. I was devastated that I never got the opportunity to speak to him.Gordon believes many victims of historic abuse at Celtic Boys Club have yet to come forward and hopes his story will encourage others not to suffer alone. He said: "I'd urge any victim reading this to come forward. You will be believed. These people can't hurt you now.
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