A Celtic Boys Membership coach has died on the age of 83 following allegations he abused a younger participant.
Lyness Malley allegedly rubbed oil on a boy on a lot of events and touched him in non-public areas at Barrowfield - the place Celtic had a coaching floor - in 1969 and 1970.
Malley denied the claims and mentioned the accusations have been motivated by revenge after the accuser was dropped from the crew.
He admitted massaging oil on gamers however claimed there was no sexual motivation behind it.
The Scottish Each day Specific has now reported Malley died "all of the sudden however peacefully" at his dwelling in Glasgow final month.
Certainly one of his victims mentioned they thought of taking their very own life because of the trauma of the incident.
They informed The Occasions : "Malley’s sexual abuse inflicted psychological devastation and emotional torture upon my 11-year-old thoughts.
“On the age of 12 I pulled all the hair out of the crown of my head to keep away from having to go to sleep and re-experience the abuse within the type of vivid and horrific nightmares.
“I needed to kill myself to keep away from any extra struggling.
"I'm 61 now and nonetheless endure from terrifying nightmares. Malley’s face continuously seems.”
It comes after survivors got the go-ahead to pursue a 'class motion' lawsuit in opposition to Celtic.
Laura Connor, of Thompsons solicitors, which is representing gamers on the feeder membership, informed The Occasions: “The loss of life of this particular person won't change the truth that he abused youngsters at Celtic Boys Membership, whereas teaching there below the watch of Celtic FC.
“We'll proceed to work with and assist our shoppers of their struggle to obtain the justice they deserve.”
We beforehand reported that marketing campaign group Highlight has compiled a file containing the names of greater than 20 males with hyperlinks to Celtic FC or Celtic Boys Membership, put collectively from statements given by victims, energetic courtroom circumstances, convictions and sources shared with the group.
The group has recognized as many as 40 former gamers who've since died attributable to suicide, violence or habit whose names and ages may match former gamers - 13 of that are confirmed to have performed below paedophiles employed by Celtic FC or Celtic Boys Membership.
And final week w e revealed one other convicted paedophile was discovered to have hyperlinks to Celtic and the Boys Membership.
James Brown was convicted in 2018 of sexually abusing three younger gamers within the showers at Fauldhouse Boys Membership in West Lothian within the late Nineteen Seventies.
He moved on from the youth crew to work for Celtic because the membership's scout for West Lothian.
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