The legal war to resolve Celtic Boys Club’s abuse cases has been suspended until August.
The club is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by abuse victims who say they haven’t done enough to protect them from predators like Jim Torbett and Frank Cairney.
But Celtic have controversially argued that the youth wing is a separate entity, despite there being many public links between the two.
Last month it emerged that Parkhead bosses were about to start talks in court.
Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, which represents more than 20 former stars, said the legal war had been suspended until August.
Talks on scandal-like disputes are expected to continue after last week’s recess in the Session Court dragged on for four months.
A spokesperson for the lawyers said: “We are pleased to see that the proceedings have progressed over the past six months.
“We do not yet have all the evidence necessary to start negotiations on the agreement and the Court has granted four more months to allow this to be done, given the complexity of this task. “
Celtic FC asked for comment.
In June, we reported how activists called for a public inquiry into the Celtic Boys Club scandal after the conviction brought the grim number of perverts linked to the saga to nine.
Our gallery of pedophiles has laid bare the decades-long fight for justice waged by men whose dreams of their formative years turned into nightmares.
The Spotlight organization has assembled a huge dossier of data on patients linked to the club, adding former Hoops scout Kenneth Divers, 78.
The beast, who knew young talents from the Parkhead youth group, was convicted in July of abusing four boys over 25 years while working as a teacher in Paisley schools.
The conviction of the divers has increased the death toll whose true number may never be known.
Many of those who were attacked by the monsters as young men bravely enlisted as adults to bring their torturers to justice.
But over the years, this horrific story has come to light, victim after victim recounting their concern that many more children will be abused and that their stories may never be told.
Between the two of them, the demons took care of the budding stars and schoolchildren.
And the disgusting preparation techniques described by prosecutors suggest they had perfected their predatory methods.
The list of culprits is the boys’ club’s founder, Jim Torbett, 75, and his former boss, Frank Cairney, 88.
Neil Strachan, 55, secretary of the Celtic East Boys Club, a branch of the Celtic East Boys Club. Former Celtic View photographer John Cullen, 68, took pictures at receptions they attended through Torbett and Cairney.
And Lyness Malley died last year at the age of 81 and was put on trial over allegations of past abuse against her.
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