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'I have been quiet for 50 years': standing up against sexual abuse at Celtic Boys Club
‘我沉默了50年’：站出來反抗“凱爾特男孩俱樂部”發生的性虐待
Many of the perpetrators have been jailed for their crimes. Now a number of survivors and their families claim that officials at Celtic knew about the sexual abuse and did nothing
許多施虐者已因其罪行而被監禁，但還有一些受害者及其家人稱凱爾特的領導層知曉性侵事件但卻無動于衷
by Henry McDonald
作者：亨利·麥克唐納
Gordon Woods was an unlikely candidate to play for Celtic football club, since he came from the other side of Glasgow's sectarian soccer divide. Born into a Protestant family, he, like his father before him, grew up supporting Rangers. But when he was 12, and had the opportunity to play for his home club's historic rivals, Celtic – originally founded by a Catholic priest – Woods didn't hesitate. Celtic Boys Club had such a stellar reputation in Scottish junior football that even his Rangers-mad father thought it was "perfectly fine" for his son to sign for the other side.
戈登·伍茲是一名不太可能進入“凱爾特人足球俱樂部”的候選人，因為他來自格拉斯哥足球宗派分歧的另一方。戈登·伍茲出生于一個新教家庭，他和他父親一樣從小就支持流浪者隊。但當他12歲的時候，他得到了一個為其家鄉球隊的老對手效力的機會——即凱爾特人——它最初是由一個天主教牧師建立的——伍茲毫不猶豫地接受了。“凱爾特男孩俱樂部”在蘇格蘭少年足球界聲名顯赫，就連他那為“流浪者隊”瘋狂的父親都覺得讓兒子簽約另一方“沒有任何問題”。
It was 1967, and Woods was joining the club just after it became the first British side to win the European Cup. But it was here that he encountered the man who would cast a dark shadow over the rest of his life.
那是1967年，伍茲加入這家俱樂部時它才剛剛成為第一支贏得歐洲冠軍杯的英國球隊。然而，就是在那里，他遇到了那個給自己余生蒙上了陰影的人。
"The trial was at Barrowfield, the training ground of the big club itself, Celtic FC," Woods told me. "On the day, I was told by one of the coaches that I was not going to be selected, but then a man who I later found out to be Jim Torbett suddenly intervened." Torbett went to find the young player in the changing rooms and told him: "Ignore that, come back for more training next week."
試訓是在巴羅菲爾德進行的，那里是凱爾特人俱樂部的訓練場，”伍茲告訴我。“那天，有一個教練告訴我我不會被選中，但是有一個人突然打斷了我們，后來我知道這個人就是吉姆·托貝特。”托貝特在更衣室找到了這名年輕的球員并告訴他：“不用在意，下周繼續來訓練吧。”
Torbett founded the Celtic Boys Club in 1966, and when Woods joined, he was the manager. After practice, he would take the boys to an Italian restaurant in the centre of Glasgow. At the time, Torbett was starting out in the football memorabilia business, making and selling trophies, medals and other trinkets, and he got the Boys Club players to help out.
托貝特于1966年創建了“凱爾特男孩俱樂部”，伍茲加入時他是俱樂部的經理。訓練結束后他會帶男孩們去格拉斯哥市中心的一家意大利餐館。那時托貝特剛開始做足球紀念品生意，制作和銷售獎杯、獎牌和其他小飾品，他還會請男孩俱樂部的球員幫忙。
"We started going to Torbett's flat, which was then a high rise on Pinkston Drive in Glasgow," Woods recalled. "One night after training, two of us were helping out, encasing football medals in small plastic covers.
“我們開始去托貝特的公寓，他的公寓當時在格拉斯哥平克斯頓大道的一幢高層建筑里，”伍茲回憶說。“有一天晚上訓練結束后，我們倆幫忙把足球獎牌用小塑料罩包起來。
"He had asked us to put on our football shorts while we worked, and then invited us to lie down for a rest in his bed. I was 13 at the time. I remember lying in the middle of the bed and then Torbett getting into bed with us. He suddenly put his left hand down my shorts. I recall that I was terrified, but for some reason I could not get away. I was frozen there at that spot. There was a sick feeling in my stomach over what had just happened."
“他讓我們工作時穿足球短褲，然后請我們躺在他的床上休息。我當時13歲。我記得我躺在床中間，然后托貝特和我們一起上床。然后他突然把左手伸進我的短褲里。我記得自己當時很害怕，但出于某種原因我無法掙脫，我就那樣僵在了那里。以前那些事情真的讓我覺得惡心。”
