Jon Snow: 'The Jimmy Savile scandal has forced me to relive memories of abuse as a child'
VETERAN newscaster Jon Snow has revealed that the Jimmy Savile scandal has forced him to relive memories of when he was a victim of child abuse.
The Channel 4 News presenter, 65, wrote a blog yesterday in which he referred to the incident.
He claimed how when he was just six years old a member of staff at his school, Ardingly College, in Sussex, took him to his bedroom and took off his clothes and then his own.
The abuser did not have a chance to carry out any act because another member of staff interrupted.
I have found Savile regurgitating the guilt and confusion that I felt.
Mr Snow, whose father taught at the school, wrote: "The swirl of allegation and denial that is filling the airwaves is forcing many to relive the abuse inflicted upon them.
"I know this in part because in a small way I too was a victim as a child.
"I remember to this day fretting over not being able to do my braces up.
"I admit that I have found Savile regurgitating the guilt and confusion that I felt."