Listening to the news on radio 5, he is alleged to have been asked to 'smooth over' an allegation of sexual abuse by Eddie Heath, Chelsea's chief scout, with the parents of a 15 year old lad whilst Gradi was a junior coach at Chelsea in the early 70's.
He may not have been fully aware of what the full extent of the accusations were regarding the young lad.
He is highly unlikely to have had any child protection and safeguarding training as that was non existent in those days.
It appears as though Gradi was just doing what he was told to do and those in seniority abused their status in telling a young Gradi to do their dirty work.
In those unenlightened days, people were in denial about this sort of thing or buried their head in the sand.
These sorts of scandals won't just stop at football as paedophiles will infiltrate all walks of life, so expect the scandals to come out in rugby, cricket, other sports, schools, scouts and other areas where there are vulnerable young people.
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