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1977 but have declined to disclose them to me
and Andrew Lownie, Mountbatten’s
biographer. They undoubtedly record the
arrival of Joe Mains, the Warden of Kincora, in
a vehicle with boys, including Waring, who
was seated in the rear. I am frankly aghast that
the government - which could intervene - has
no interest in helping the survivors of sex
abuse committed in Sligo by ordering Garda
Commissioner Drew Harris to release the
security logs.
3. A dismembered child’s
body in the Lagan
Brian McDermott, aged 10, disappeared from
Ormeau Park on 3 September 1973. Part of his
dismembered and charred body was found in
a sack in the River Lagan a week later. The RUC
discovered evidence that he was abducted
and murdered by Alan Campbell, a founding
member of the DUP. Campbell was also in Tara,
a Loyalist paramilitary organisation, and was
a friend of the paedophiles who ran Kincora.
Colin Wallace, who worked at the British
Army’s HQ at Lisburn, has told Village that the
British Army, which had an interest in Tara,
was alerted by the RUC that they were about
to arrest Campbell. Then, suddenly, the police
were ordered to stand down. Only the Northern
Ireland Oce (NIO) possessed that sort of
authority. The security apparatus of the NIO
was run by MI5 and Ministry of Defence
ocials. The manoeuvre ensured that the
Kincora ‘honey trap’ operation did not unravel
at that time.
Significantly, Campbell was a British agent.
Authors Jack Holland and Henry McDonald,
referred to him as the ‘Demon Preacher’ in
their books, describing him as an obvious
British agent.
Campbell and his cabal are suspects in the
abduction of four other Belfast boys whose
bodies were never recovered: Jonathan Aven,
age 14, who disappeared on 20 September
1969; David Leckey, aged 12, who went
missing on 25 September 1969; Thomas
Spence, age 11, and John Rogers, aged 13,
who both vanished on 26 November 1974.
Had the RUC been permitted to arrest
Campbell, it is probable that young Spence
and Rogers would still be alive today.
The BBC commissioned a documentary
about the disappearance of these boys. It was
completed in 2021 and entitled, ‘The Lost
Boys of Belfast’. It was intended to be
broadcast in May 2021 but was pulled by
management. It is not certain if it will ever be
aired. It uncovered evidence of MI5
involvement in the protection of Campbell and
the Kincora cabal. RUC ocers went on record
in front of the cameras.
4.The gunrunning
operations of the ‘housefather’
of Kincora, William McGrath
Colin ‘Jay’ Wyatt, joined Tara following the
publication of the Tara ‘Proclamation’ of 1973
by William McGrath. Wyatt has revealed that
McGrath sent him and another Tara member
to Holland in 1977, to make contact with
people from the extreme Right, who had
supplied weapons to Tara previously.
According to Wyatt, after he returned to
Belfast, a debrief was held at McGrath’s
house. A distinguished looking Englishman,
whose name was not volunteered to Wyatt,
was in attendance. McGrath later told Wyatt
that the stranger was an ‘Under Secretary’ at
the NIO who was involved in intelligence work.
Wyatt also revealed that McGrath was
involved in attempting to obtain arms from
South African sources.
MI6, Britain’s overseas intelligence service,
must have been involved as McGrath’s
mission comprehended links to the
Netherlands and probably South Africa. The
Chief of MI6 at the time of these endeavours
was Sir Maurice Oldfield. The overall operation
was probably a joint MI5-6 mission. MI5
(which is attached to the Home Oce) would
have taken care of the UK end of the operation,
including the distribution of the weapons.
How many people were shot dead by the
guns McGrath imported is an imponderable.
5. The Pastor who took
his own life
The Kincora scandal finally came to light in
January 1980. One of the abusers, another
close friend of Ian Paisley, a pastor called Billy
Mullen, committed suicide the following
December. He was found dead with a gun
beside his corpse.
6. Robert Bradford MP,
a politician with the
inside track
In 1980, Robert Bradford, a Unionist MP,
became appalled at what he was learning
about the abuse at Kincora. He had
campaigned against child pornography.
Bradford was ideally placed to inquire into
the seedy world that lurked in the shadows of
Kincora. He knew William McGrath. Both men
were British Israelites, people who believed
that the Protestants of Northern Ireland were
the descendants of one of the Lost Tribes of
Israel.
Eric Witchell
Ulster Monrch nd Mountbtten
Brin McDermott
Cmpbell nd Brin McDermott
Mulln