FRESH revelations about a convicted paedophile who worked as a child psychiatrist at the Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1970s and who was linked to Kincora boys' home will reinforce calls for the Westminster abuse inquiry to be widened.
The case of Dr Morris Fraser is yet another disturbing example of someone in a position of trust and authority who had access to vulnerable children and who was allowed to continue working despite being a known sex offender.
He was convicted in 1972 of sexually abusing a 13-year-old Belfast boy in London the previous year, but it is alleged the Metropolitan Police and the RUC failed to inform the Hospitals Authority and he went on with his work at the RVH.
In May 1973 he was arrested in New York and the following year convicted of several child abuse offences.
However, in 1975 the General Medical Council ruled he could continue practising medicine without restrictions.
Details about Dr Fraser's depravity and the lack of action on the part of the authorities, have come to light in a new report by Dr Niall Meehan.
He argues that the Westminster abuse inquiry headed by Justice Lowell Goddard should include Kincora while the Northern Ireland historical abuse inquiry should examine Dr Fraser's role.
There is a clear connection between the Dr Fraser and the east Belfast home. Up until 1973 he was responsible for allocating children to homes including Kincora. Meanwhile, Kincora victim Richard Kerr has already claimed he was abused by Dr Fraser.
So far the British government has resisted demands for Kincora to be included in the Goddard inquiry while last year the PSNI cited national security when it refused a Freedom of Information request about Fraser.
The best way to address any suspicion of conspiracy or cover-up is to ensure cases such as that of Morris Fraser and Kincora are fully examined by a tribunal with sufficient power to get to the truth.
