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22.08.2023 - 20:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
An accused former teacher was supported in a bid to adopt a child by a psychiatrist who believed he could "cure him" - and intervened to stop him being sacked from Fettes College over abuse allegations, an inquiry has heard.
A senior psychiatrist, who practised in Edinburgh, initially treated Iain Wares for alcoholism, but then diagnosed him as a "pederast" - a paedophile with a specific interest in boys. The professor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, became intent on "curing" him, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was told.
Wares was admitted to the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in 1977 as his "drinking was out of control", and his wife was unsure if she could continue their marriage, and he had also been admitted for three months in 1975, the inquiry heard. A consultant psychiatrist, using the pseudonym Robert, who treated Wares from April to September 1977 in his role as a junior doctor, told the inquiry it was "bizarre" his professor boss was able to lobby Fettes College to allow Wares to keep his job.
Medical notes included "keep away from drink and young boys", and "inclination to young boys". Permission was given by the inquiry's chair earlier this year to identify Wares, 83, who was previously a "protected person" and was referred to by a pseudonym.
It has been alleged that Wares abused children at two schools in Edinburgh. On May 27 1977, a letter was sent to a GP which discussed Wares' adolescence and early adult life, including "homosexual encounters".
Notes added: "At our session last week he came across as a somewhat distant man who is still attracted to young boys," and added "there was really no change in the patient's outlook and interest in children."
Fettes College was apparently unaware of claims of
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