Diarmuid Higgins got a call out of the blue last April telling him that an allegation of sexual abuse had been made against him as part of the garda investigation into Scouting Ireland. The Gardai have been conducting a criminal investigation into allegations of abuse in the scouting body since last year. Among the allegations are a large number that date back decades.Mr Higgins was told a former scout had alleged that he had been abused by Mr Higgins and others on a scouting camp in 1978. The only problem was Mr Higgins had never been in the scouts at any stage of his life. He had never been on a scouting camp. He had never been in any troop. So how could somebody have targeted him in this manner? Why did the gardai contact him and tell him that he must make a statement on the matter? And what impact has all of this had on his life?Mick Clifford talked to Diarmuid Higgins who related some shocking details of what has befallen him.
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