Dr  Guthrie's

  Ragged  Schools – Exclusively

  for  Edinburgh's  elite.

  To  abuse  children

  With  total  impunity. 

I can't understand how Dr Guthrie's Association

 has been able to get away with such terrible abuse of children.

 The abuse that I witnessed and personally experienced was despicable - truly unbelievable.

When I first reported abuse in 1988, nothing was done.

 I made a complaint to the Abuse Inquiry in December 2015. I had assumed that, nine years after my first contact with the Abuse Inquiry, I would at least receive an apology.

                                                              I haven't even received an apology. 

 How many other people have complained about Dr Guthrie's schools

 and had their complaints ignored as I have?

After decades of waiting for an inquiry into the abuse of children,

 we find that Dr Guthrie's Association has not apologised,

 no one has been arrested

 and survivors are unable to make a claim against Dr Guthrie's schools.

I once believed that those who had been victims of child abuse.

 Had a right to use the legal system to hold institutions to account.

In  Scotland,  some  victims  of  child  abuse  get  nothing,

  Some  of  us  do  not  even  get  an  apology. 

    No one has ever been held accountable for the horrific child abuse,

 That took place in Dr Guthrie's schools.  

And no one is taking responsibility.

 Please visit our Statue protest video.

                                                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFFmhEmEVb8

    No  more  cover-ups  

   Give  us  justice  and  closure. 

It is a fact that some survivors of abuse have been subjected to appalling treatment,

 And have been completely ignored.

 This website had to be created because these people needed to be exposed, and I could not stand by and allow myself to be treated with the same contempt as when I was a child. 

The institution that oversaw and profited from the management of the schools was known as the

 Dr Guthrie's Schools Association, but is now known as the Dr Guthrie's Association. 

 Are getting away with heinous child abuse.

 The people of Scotland, and Edinburgh in particular, have been told that Dr Guthrie's schools were Christian, benevolent, ragged schools where children were well looked after.

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The  reality  is  very  different,

  And  those  who  survived  Dr  Guthrie's  schools

  Are  now  bringing  this  reality  to  light  in  Scotland.

  And  the  rest  of  the  world. 

The victims of Dr Guthrie's schools are entitled to the same level of justice,

 Like any other abused child.

'' The child abuse investigation into Dr Guthrie's schools began on 28th May 2024.

The investigation into Dr Guthrie's schools ended on Friday, 21st June 2024.

Not a single Scottish or UK news outlet reported on the abuse.''

Please  sign  the  petition  below. 

 Do  not  let  them  get  away  with  appalling  child  abuse. 

     https://www.change.org/p/remove-the-thomas-guthrie-statue

As survivors and former pupils " prisoners " of Dr Guthrie's approved/List D schools, 

 We haven't even had an apology.

 If we had known that, despite decades of waiting, we would never receive justice or closure.

The website and our petition would have been launched in 1997.

There would have been a lot more survivors alive than there are now.

 But it's never too late to fight back.

Please visit our Facebook Group. It is controlled and operated by us. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1581096342197510/