To be fair Stevie I don't think the thread has wandered far off topic.

You ask in your opening thread, "why did all these people wait till he was dead before accusing him of all this stuff? And quite frankly, now he's dead, what can come from it other than tarnishing a reputation that was spotless and upsetting his grieving family even further."

The question may be specific to Jimmy Saville but what is currently being discussed is how there can, in other situations, be reasons why incidents of child abuse aren't brought to the authorities' attention.