COMMENT

A child protection officer at one of the country’s leading youth football clubs has resigned over claims that complaints of bullying were being ignored.

Jim Stewart, of Celtic Boys Club, reportedly quit after his recommendation that a coach should be sanctioned was not acted upon.

It follows separate complaints from Stewart that verbal abuse from players’ parents drove two other youth coaches to leave the club.

The coach, who has worked in a child protection role at the boys’ club for the past five years, said: “There have been too many instances of children being put at risk with no consequences for the perpetrators.”

Celtic Boys Club was founded in 1966 and is not linked to Celtic Football Club.

Stewart was asked to write a report on the conduct of

“I produced a report which included a recommendation the coach have no further involvement but I was not allowed to bring this to the committee”

JIM STEWART