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'''Peter Righton,''' (1926-2008) alias Paul Pelham, [[homosexual]], "gay rights" campaigner, founder member of UK [[Paedophile Information Exchange]], convicted on multiple [[pedophile]] offences. From 1974-1982 Righton was Director of Education for the National Council of Social Work and he was a top UK government adviser on child protection. <ref>‘In Residence’, Social Work Today, February 4th, 1985</ref>
His career illustrates the close, inextricable links between homosexuality and pedophilia.
==Early Life==
Righton was born in June 1926 and christened Paul Pelham. He later changed his name to Peter but used "Paul Pelham" as an alias. He was sent to an expensive private school, Ardingly College, West Sussex, where he said he was a ‘favourite’ of one of the masters, Denis H. d’A Williams. This provides an example of the classic pattern of CSA > homosexuality > CSA > homosexuality etc.
From 1944 to 1948, Righton served in the Royal Artillery, <ref> Righton, ‘Working with the ‘misfits”, Social Work Today, May 6th, 1985</ref> reaching the rank of Lieutenant. In 1948, aged 22, Righton went to Magdalen College, [[Oxford University]], where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics, graduating in 1951 (with a second class degree).
<ref>Information from Peter McKelvie, child protection officer who researched him during Operation Fairbank. https://ianpace.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/peter-righton-his-activities-up-until-the-early-1980s/</ref>
Righton trained in the probation service from 1951 to 1952, and served as a Probation Officer in Gray’s, Essex from 1952 to 1955, where he also ran a project to develop reading skills for children with learning difficulties. [This looks like his first attempt to get access to children.] In January 1956 he began teaching at Gaveston Hall, near Horsham in West Sussex, In Righton’s diaries, he lists boys he abused at Gaveston Hall. After six months he left the school for reasons not recorded and retreated for six months to the Society of Saint Francis, a monastery. In January 1957 Righton started teaching at Cuddesdon College near Oxford. After a few months he moved to teach English at Redhill, a school for disturbed boys in Maidstone, Kent. Righton was deliberately targeting vulnerable pupils, one of whom Mark Thewliss claims he was abused by Righton there from the age of 12. Righton’s diaries list boys he abused at both Cuddesdon and Redhill. He resigned from Redhill on April 8th, 1963, and in July, a police investigation began into complaints against Righton. However, with his well-bred manner and Oxford education, he was able to talk the police into dropping the investigation.
In 1963-65 Righton worked as a tutor and organizer for the Workers’ Educational Association in Wiltshire, then from 1965-68 became a tutor in charge of a two-year course for child care officers at Keele University although his qualifications in this field remain a complete mystery.
==Senior Position in Social Work Profession==
Qualified or not, Righton rapidly rose to the top in the Social Work profession. From 1968 to 1971 he was a Senior Lecturer at the National Institute of Social Work, a government-funded institution. In 1968, as Paul Pelham Righton, he gave a talk at Shotton Hall, Peterlee, entitled ‘A New Deal for Children: Thoughts on the White Paper ‘Children in Trouble” <ref>Paul Pelham Righton, A new deal for children Reflections on the White Paper ‘Children in trouble’ a paper given at Shotton Hall on 11th October 1968 (Shrewsbury: Shotton Hall Publications, 1968</ref>. He he also published other articles on similar subjects. <ref>‘The Need for Training’, F.G. Lennhoff and J.C. Lampen (eds), Learning to Live: A Sketchbook of Residential Work with Children (Shrewsbury: Shotton Hall, 1968), pp. 13-16, reproduced on the Online Journal of the International Child and Youth Care Network, Issue 95 (December 2006).‘Social work and scientific concepts’ in Social Work, 1969, Vol. 26,p.3. </ref>
In the late 1960s until 1970 Righton taught at North London Polytechnic (now London Metropolitan University).
In 1970, Righton was acting as an adviser to government and credited as giving ‘considerable assistance’ to a Home Office report <ref>Advisory Council on Child Care: Research and Development Committee; Community Homes Project, Second Report (London: Home Office Children’s Department, April 1970. Mentioned in BBC Today program 20th August 2014. </ref>.
In October 1971, Righton was described as a ‘lecturer in residential care’ for the National Institute for Social Work, and ‘director-designate of the centre to be established by the National Children’s Bureau later this year’. In these exalted capacities he addressed social services conferences. In 1972, Righton published ‘Parental and other roles in residential care’,<ref> The Parental Role: Conference Papers (London: National Children’s Bureau, 1972), pp. 13-17</ref>
In 1972 Righton wrote a reference for his friend Charles Napier, whom he knew to be a fellow-pedophile, to enable him to continue working as a teacher despite having been convicted for molesting a boy. He corresponded with Napier for many years about their pederast tastes and plan for a network of schools, national and international, where their pederast activities could go on undetected. He visited Napier in Sweden and was filmed with boys there. <ref>
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vip-child-abuse-ring-cops-1713969#ixzz3AsB5ae5N
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vip-child-abuse-ring-cops-1713969</ref>
In 1973 Righton was led an official inquiry into maltreatment of children in care and he turned a blind eye to sexual abuse.<ref> ‘Notorious paedophile headed Scottish care home inquiry’, Sunday Herald, August 24th, 2014.</ref>
In 1974 he gave the annual Barnardo's lecture <ref>Edward Pilkington, ‘Shadow of the Attic’, The Guardian, June 1st, 1994</ref>
In his professional capacity, Righton always recommended policies that would exclude parents from the care of their own children, placing them in institutions where they would nevertheless be accessed by other people - potential predators.
By 1977, Righton sat on the Central Council for Education in Training and Social Work. From 1976 to 1985 he published regular articles in ''Social Work Today'' the professional journal of UK social work (if it can be called a profession).
==Campaigner for Homosexual Rights==
Righton was an active member of the UK [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]](CHE). In 1975, he took over running "London Friend" the counselling wing of CHE. <ref>Rosemary Auchmuty, ‘London’, in George E. Haggerty, John Beynon and Douglas Eisner (eds), Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 1 (New York: Garland Publishing, 2000), 477 (London Friend, ‘LGB&T milestones – a timeline’</ref>
On June 29th, 1972, Righton had a letter published in ''The Listener'', expressing his fierce opposition to Lord Hailsham’s disapproval of homosexuality <ref> Research of Daniel de Simone </ref>. In later years, Righton would use claims of [[homophobia]] to cover up his exploitation of young boys. This is always the strategy of the LGBT movement.
In the same year, Righton took part in a published debate with Antony Grey (of the Sexual Law Reform Society and Albany Trust, who would later fund [[PIE]] and Kevin O’Dowd over the role of therapy for homosexuals.
Righton frequently confided to other homosexuals that he had molested large numbers of young boys in schools and care-homes, but none of the men or women he told ever informed the police. They followed an ethos of secrecy about pedophilia within the homosexual community. <ref> Pilkington, ‘Shadow of the Attic. Payne and Fairweather, ‘Silence that cloaked child sex conspiracy’, Evening Standard, May 27th, 1994. </ref>
Righton lived with a male partner called Charles Alston. He was a close friend of [[Benjamin Britten]], Peter Pears, Michael Davidson and Charles Napier.
==Masterplan for Pedophile Schools==
In the 1970s, Righton used his professional position to set up a school for emotionally disturbed children, called New Barns School, which he used to get access to boys. If they complained, they could be easily branded liars as they were already classified as “troubled”. Righton’s homosexual partner, Richard Alston, was head teacher of New Barns School, where pupils later made allegations about abuse of children under 12.
In Operation Fairbank, police questioned a man who was one of Righton’s victims. He was taken out of New Barns school, and molested systematically. “The victim, now in his 40s, told how Righton and members of PIE groomed him and sexually abused him in London from the age of 11 in 1977 until he was 16.” Righton boasted to him that he had friends and contacts high up in the Establishment and the government. The victim says he once saw Righton in the company of Cyril Smith, MP.
==PIE==
In October 1975, the Paedophile Information Exchange was founded in Edinburgh by Ian Campbell Dunn and Michael Hanson whom the Sunday Times correctly described as "gay rights leaders".<ref> Marcello Mega, ‘Paedophile list set up by gay rights leader’, Sunday Times, July 6th, 1997)</ref> the group would soon afterwards relocate from Edinburgh to London, and Keith Hose would take over as chair.
In 1975, Righton took part in founding PIE and was for a time on its Executive Committee. He was member number 51. <ref>‘It’s the Magnificent Six’, Understanding Paedophilia, Vol. 1, No. 2 (June-July 1976),7)</ref> serving as ‘Organiser of prison-hospital visits/general correspondence/PIE befriending’; Later he served as PIE's ‘Community Liaison Officer’ <ref>‘Stop Press – Stop Press’, Understanding Paedophilia, Vol.1, No.4 (1977),12.</ref>
[[PIE]] got the backing of the NCCL but was closed down when most of its members were convicted of crimes against children. It was officially disbaned in 1984.
Until at least 1985 Righton and other PIE members such as Keith Hose were frequently invited to speak on child protection or homosexual liberation at prestigious conferences.
==Perspectives on Paedophilia==
In 1981, Righton was a contributor to the book ''Perspectives on Paedophilia,'' edited by Brian Taylor. The authors were all male homosexuals, and mostly members of PIE. The book argued for normalization and legalization of pedophilia using exactly the same arguments and phraseology used by LGBT movement. It claimed that pedophiles were misunderstood, victims of society’s prejudice, that their tastes had been tolerated in earlier societies and that it was time to adopt as more tolerant approach as this would be “progress”.
Righton's chapter "The Adult" made it clear that he was writing from personal experience and not in a detached academic fashion. He brushed aside any idea that pedophilia was harmful and compared an attraction to children to “a penchant for redheads”. This charming analogy seems to have been suggested by a poem by A. E. Housman, which compares homosexuality to having red hair, an equally absurd comparison in its way.
==Criminal Convictions==
In 1992, police raided Righton’s home and found child porn videos, many hard-core, shot in Amsterdam, and correspondence with paedophiles around the world, proving that had exploited, raped and prostituted children. He got off with a £900 fine, not difficult for a well-heeled professional such as himself to pay.
He then went to live in a cottage on the estate of his friend Lord Henniker, in Thornham Magna, North Suffolk. He kept up his connections with social services, and arranged special “holidays” on the estate for vulnerable children from Islington* (now notorious for the organized abuse of children in care-homes there). In May 2014, a victim came forward and recalled how he was repeatedly raped and molested by Righton and others while in the care of a foster-parent in Suffolk. He witnessed this happening to other boys.
The Chief Constable of Suffolk visited Henniker personally to warn him that Righton was a lifelong pedophile, but he ignored this advice, and Righton was able to continue hosting children on the estate until his death in 2008. He was never prosecuted for abusing boys in his care — though he openly admitted doing so.
Allegations that Righton sadistically assaulted and killed one boy while living in Suffolk were investigated by police in Suffolk in 2015 but no charges could be brought as the perpetrators were by then dead. The accuser says that Righton not only repeatedly raped him but also made him and another boy dig six holes the size and shape of graves.
The Metropolitan police investigation into their network was called Operation Fairbank.
<ref>http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5501/paedophile-linchpin-peter-righton-carried-out-sadistic-murder#
www.ukpaedos-exposed.com
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-victim-links-notorious-paedophile-1815932
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/suffolk_i_was_abused_by_paedophiles_around_the_country_while_i_was_a_child_in_care_man_alleges_1_3586716 </ref>
<ref>http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-drive-to-discover-more-about-child-sex-predator-peter-righton-s-time-in-suffolk-and-the-links-to-national-abuse-inquiries-1-3716846</ref>
See also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Righton, Peter}}
[[Category:Homosexuals]]
[[Category:Pedophiles]]
His career illustrates the close, inextricable links between homosexuality and pedophilia.
==Early Life==
Righton was born in June 1926 and christened Paul Pelham. He later changed his name to Peter but used "Paul Pelham" as an alias. He was sent to an expensive private school, Ardingly College, West Sussex, where he said he was a ‘favourite’ of one of the masters, Denis H. d’A Williams. This provides an example of the classic pattern of CSA > homosexuality > CSA > homosexuality etc.
From 1944 to 1948, Righton served in the Royal Artillery, <ref> Righton, ‘Working with the ‘misfits”, Social Work Today, May 6th, 1985</ref> reaching the rank of Lieutenant. In 1948, aged 22, Righton went to Magdalen College, [[Oxford University]], where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics, graduating in 1951 (with a second class degree).
<ref>Information from Peter McKelvie, child protection officer who researched him during Operation Fairbank. https://ianpace.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/peter-righton-his-activities-up-until-the-early-1980s/</ref>
Righton trained in the probation service from 1951 to 1952, and served as a Probation Officer in Gray’s, Essex from 1952 to 1955, where he also ran a project to develop reading skills for children with learning difficulties. [This looks like his first attempt to get access to children.] In January 1956 he began teaching at Gaveston Hall, near Horsham in West Sussex, In Righton’s diaries, he lists boys he abused at Gaveston Hall. After six months he left the school for reasons not recorded and retreated for six months to the Society of Saint Francis, a monastery. In January 1957 Righton started teaching at Cuddesdon College near Oxford. After a few months he moved to teach English at Redhill, a school for disturbed boys in Maidstone, Kent. Righton was deliberately targeting vulnerable pupils, one of whom Mark Thewliss claims he was abused by Righton there from the age of 12. Righton’s diaries list boys he abused at both Cuddesdon and Redhill. He resigned from Redhill on April 8th, 1963, and in July, a police investigation began into complaints against Righton. However, with his well-bred manner and Oxford education, he was able to talk the police into dropping the investigation.
In 1963-65 Righton worked as a tutor and organizer for the Workers’ Educational Association in Wiltshire, then from 1965-68 became a tutor in charge of a two-year course for child care officers at Keele University although his qualifications in this field remain a complete mystery.
==Senior Position in Social Work Profession==
Qualified or not, Righton rapidly rose to the top in the Social Work profession. From 1968 to 1971 he was a Senior Lecturer at the National Institute of Social Work, a government-funded institution. In 1968, as Paul Pelham Righton, he gave a talk at Shotton Hall, Peterlee, entitled ‘A New Deal for Children: Thoughts on the White Paper ‘Children in Trouble” <ref>Paul Pelham Righton, A new deal for children Reflections on the White Paper ‘Children in trouble’ a paper given at Shotton Hall on 11th October 1968 (Shrewsbury: Shotton Hall Publications, 1968</ref>. He he also published other articles on similar subjects. <ref>‘The Need for Training’, F.G. Lennhoff and J.C. Lampen (eds), Learning to Live: A Sketchbook of Residential Work with Children (Shrewsbury: Shotton Hall, 1968), pp. 13-16, reproduced on the Online Journal of the International Child and Youth Care Network, Issue 95 (December 2006).‘Social work and scientific concepts’ in Social Work, 1969, Vol. 26,p.3. </ref>
In the late 1960s until 1970 Righton taught at North London Polytechnic (now London Metropolitan University).
In 1970, Righton was acting as an adviser to government and credited as giving ‘considerable assistance’ to a Home Office report <ref>Advisory Council on Child Care: Research and Development Committee; Community Homes Project, Second Report (London: Home Office Children’s Department, April 1970. Mentioned in BBC Today program 20th August 2014. </ref>.
In October 1971, Righton was described as a ‘lecturer in residential care’ for the National Institute for Social Work, and ‘director-designate of the centre to be established by the National Children’s Bureau later this year’. In these exalted capacities he addressed social services conferences. In 1972, Righton published ‘Parental and other roles in residential care’,<ref> The Parental Role: Conference Papers (London: National Children’s Bureau, 1972), pp. 13-17</ref>
In 1972 Righton wrote a reference for his friend Charles Napier, whom he knew to be a fellow-pedophile, to enable him to continue working as a teacher despite having been convicted for molesting a boy. He corresponded with Napier for many years about their pederast tastes and plan for a network of schools, national and international, where their pederast activities could go on undetected. He visited Napier in Sweden and was filmed with boys there. <ref>
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vip-child-abuse-ring-cops-1713969#ixzz3AsB5ae5N
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vip-child-abuse-ring-cops-1713969</ref>
In 1973 Righton was led an official inquiry into maltreatment of children in care and he turned a blind eye to sexual abuse.<ref> ‘Notorious paedophile headed Scottish care home inquiry’, Sunday Herald, August 24th, 2014.</ref>
In 1974 he gave the annual Barnardo's lecture <ref>Edward Pilkington, ‘Shadow of the Attic’, The Guardian, June 1st, 1994</ref>
In his professional capacity, Righton always recommended policies that would exclude parents from the care of their own children, placing them in institutions where they would nevertheless be accessed by other people - potential predators.
By 1977, Righton sat on the Central Council for Education in Training and Social Work. From 1976 to 1985 he published regular articles in ''Social Work Today'' the professional journal of UK social work (if it can be called a profession).
==Campaigner for Homosexual Rights==
Righton was an active member of the UK [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]](CHE). In 1975, he took over running "London Friend" the counselling wing of CHE. <ref>Rosemary Auchmuty, ‘London’, in George E. Haggerty, John Beynon and Douglas Eisner (eds), Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 1 (New York: Garland Publishing, 2000), 477 (London Friend, ‘LGB&T milestones – a timeline’</ref>
On June 29th, 1972, Righton had a letter published in ''The Listener'', expressing his fierce opposition to Lord Hailsham’s disapproval of homosexuality <ref> Research of Daniel de Simone </ref>. In later years, Righton would use claims of [[homophobia]] to cover up his exploitation of young boys. This is always the strategy of the LGBT movement.
In the same year, Righton took part in a published debate with Antony Grey (of the Sexual Law Reform Society and Albany Trust, who would later fund [[PIE]] and Kevin O’Dowd over the role of therapy for homosexuals.
Righton frequently confided to other homosexuals that he had molested large numbers of young boys in schools and care-homes, but none of the men or women he told ever informed the police. They followed an ethos of secrecy about pedophilia within the homosexual community. <ref> Pilkington, ‘Shadow of the Attic. Payne and Fairweather, ‘Silence that cloaked child sex conspiracy’, Evening Standard, May 27th, 1994. </ref>
Righton lived with a male partner called Charles Alston. He was a close friend of [[Benjamin Britten]], Peter Pears, Michael Davidson and Charles Napier.
==Masterplan for Pedophile Schools==
In the 1970s, Righton used his professional position to set up a school for emotionally disturbed children, called New Barns School, which he used to get access to boys. If they complained, they could be easily branded liars as they were already classified as “troubled”. Righton’s homosexual partner, Richard Alston, was head teacher of New Barns School, where pupils later made allegations about abuse of children under 12.
In Operation Fairbank, police questioned a man who was one of Righton’s victims. He was taken out of New Barns school, and molested systematically. “The victim, now in his 40s, told how Righton and members of PIE groomed him and sexually abused him in London from the age of 11 in 1977 until he was 16.” Righton boasted to him that he had friends and contacts high up in the Establishment and the government. The victim says he once saw Righton in the company of Cyril Smith, MP.
==PIE==
In October 1975, the Paedophile Information Exchange was founded in Edinburgh by Ian Campbell Dunn and Michael Hanson whom the Sunday Times correctly described as "gay rights leaders".<ref> Marcello Mega, ‘Paedophile list set up by gay rights leader’, Sunday Times, July 6th, 1997)</ref> the group would soon afterwards relocate from Edinburgh to London, and Keith Hose would take over as chair.
In 1975, Righton took part in founding PIE and was for a time on its Executive Committee. He was member number 51. <ref>‘It’s the Magnificent Six’, Understanding Paedophilia, Vol. 1, No. 2 (June-July 1976),7)</ref> serving as ‘Organiser of prison-hospital visits/general correspondence/PIE befriending’; Later he served as PIE's ‘Community Liaison Officer’ <ref>‘Stop Press – Stop Press’, Understanding Paedophilia, Vol.1, No.4 (1977),12.</ref>
[[PIE]] got the backing of the NCCL but was closed down when most of its members were convicted of crimes against children. It was officially disbaned in 1984.
Until at least 1985 Righton and other PIE members such as Keith Hose were frequently invited to speak on child protection or homosexual liberation at prestigious conferences.
==Perspectives on Paedophilia==
In 1981, Righton was a contributor to the book ''Perspectives on Paedophilia,'' edited by Brian Taylor. The authors were all male homosexuals, and mostly members of PIE. The book argued for normalization and legalization of pedophilia using exactly the same arguments and phraseology used by LGBT movement. It claimed that pedophiles were misunderstood, victims of society’s prejudice, that their tastes had been tolerated in earlier societies and that it was time to adopt as more tolerant approach as this would be “progress”.
Righton's chapter "The Adult" made it clear that he was writing from personal experience and not in a detached academic fashion. He brushed aside any idea that pedophilia was harmful and compared an attraction to children to “a penchant for redheads”. This charming analogy seems to have been suggested by a poem by A. E. Housman, which compares homosexuality to having red hair, an equally absurd comparison in its way.
==Criminal Convictions==
In 1992, police raided Righton’s home and found child porn videos, many hard-core, shot in Amsterdam, and correspondence with paedophiles around the world, proving that had exploited, raped and prostituted children. He got off with a £900 fine, not difficult for a well-heeled professional such as himself to pay.
He then went to live in a cottage on the estate of his friend Lord Henniker, in Thornham Magna, North Suffolk. He kept up his connections with social services, and arranged special “holidays” on the estate for vulnerable children from Islington* (now notorious for the organized abuse of children in care-homes there). In May 2014, a victim came forward and recalled how he was repeatedly raped and molested by Righton and others while in the care of a foster-parent in Suffolk. He witnessed this happening to other boys.
The Chief Constable of Suffolk visited Henniker personally to warn him that Righton was a lifelong pedophile, but he ignored this advice, and Righton was able to continue hosting children on the estate until his death in 2008. He was never prosecuted for abusing boys in his care — though he openly admitted doing so.
Allegations that Righton sadistically assaulted and killed one boy while living in Suffolk were investigated by police in Suffolk in 2015 but no charges could be brought as the perpetrators were by then dead. The accuser says that Righton not only repeatedly raped him but also made him and another boy dig six holes the size and shape of graves.
The Metropolitan police investigation into their network was called Operation Fairbank.
<ref>http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5501/paedophile-linchpin-peter-righton-carried-out-sadistic-murder#
www.ukpaedos-exposed.com
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-victim-links-notorious-paedophile-1815932
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/suffolk_i_was_abused_by_paedophiles_around_the_country_while_i_was_a_child_in_care_man_alleges_1_3586716 </ref>
<ref>http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-drive-to-discover-more-about-child-sex-predator-peter-righton-s-time-in-suffolk-and-the-links-to-national-abuse-inquiries-1-3716846</ref>
See also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Righton, Peter}}
[[Category:Homosexuals]]
[[Category:Pedophiles]]