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 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> |