[United Kingdom] Football abuse: Paul Stewart's story - BBC News | Child Safeguarding in Football

25 Nov 2016

A former England international who says he was a victim of abuse as a child has explained why he has decided to talk publicly about his ordeal. Paul Stewart, 52, told BBC sports editor Dan Roan it had been a taboo subject - and he did not know where to turn when a sports coach was allegedly abusing him.

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