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:00:15. > :00:17.This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines

:00:18. > :00:24.We're on the trail of a serial child abuser now living in Canada -

:00:25. > :00:26.he admits his crimes, for which he's never

:00:27. > :00:39.For that, I have got no... Other than I thought an opportunity and I

:00:40. > :00:41.took it. We also speak to one

:00:42. > :00:43.of the abuser's victims, who says he's still having

:00:44. > :00:54.nightmares about it He should be in hell, seriously, he

:00:55. > :00:56.should be. Why should I live in hell on my own? And I was the victim.

:00:57. > :00:59.Prosecutors consider appealing the jail terms given to a couple

:01:00. > :01:02.who abused a vulnerable woman in their home for eight years.

:01:03. > :01:04.The BBC to invest an extra ?11 million in its operation

:01:05. > :01:13.Pioneering the possiblities of 3-D printing here in Belfast.

:01:14. > :01:16.And cloud amounts are the main issue at the moment,

:01:17. > :01:29.First on BBC Newsline, an untold story from a dark

:01:30. > :01:34.It sheds light on an apparent failure by the police

:01:35. > :01:38.to charge a Belfast man who, in 1985, admitted abusing children

:01:39. > :01:45.The abuser left Northern Ireland and got on with his life abroad.

:01:46. > :01:49.His victims were left behind to pick up the pieces.

:01:50. > :01:51.Here, with the first of two exclusive reports,

:01:52. > :01:56.is our investigations reporter Kevin Magee.

:01:57. > :01:58.This was a search that brought us to Canada.

:01:59. > :02:01.The man's past first came to light at the recent Historical

:02:02. > :02:05.Institutional Abuse Inquiry, but his identity was protected.

:02:06. > :02:08.BBC News Northern Ireland legally challenged that decision and won.

:02:09. > :02:12.We can now tell you his name is Henry Clarke, a man

:02:13. > :02:20.We went to a remote part of Canada to find him.

:02:21. > :02:23.I'm on the trail of a Belfast man who now lives in Canada.

:02:24. > :02:27.He's a church pastor, husband, father and,

:02:28. > :02:32.as we can reveal for the first time, a serial child sex abuser.

:02:33. > :02:34.But he's never been brought to justice, even though

:02:35. > :02:39.he confessed his crimes to the police in Northern Ireland.

:02:40. > :02:44.We're making a 4,000 mile journey to confront him.

:02:45. > :02:47.Two flights later, we took to the road and drove

:02:48. > :02:50.for hundreds of miles north, leaving Canada's major cities behind,

:02:51. > :02:53.searching for the church pastor who emigrated

:02:54. > :03:00.The trail eventually took us to the edge of the Canadian

:03:01. > :03:02.wilderness, a vast tract of land that stretches

:03:03. > :03:10.We have found out that there's a Henry James Clarke living

:03:11. > :03:13.We have discovered he's originally from Belfast

:03:14. > :03:16.and we have a current address for him.

:03:17. > :03:19.The place Henry Clarke has chosen to live in is hundreds of miles

:03:20. > :03:26.In winter, temperatures can drop to -50.

:03:27. > :03:40.Hi, may I speak to Mr Clarke, please?

:03:41. > :03:48.I think if you and I could sit and have a chat?

:03:49. > :03:58.This is the first time he's been challenged publicly about abusing

:03:59. > :04:02.young boys in his care at three different children's homes

:04:03. > :04:08.where he worked in Northern Ireland in the late 60s and 70s.

:04:09. > :04:11.One of his victims was a 12-year-old boy at the former Bawnmore

:04:12. > :04:17.How many children did you abuse in Bawnmore?

:04:18. > :04:28.But you shared with me today that the young man

:04:29. > :04:35.But I remember one and I remember it quite well.

:04:36. > :04:37.And this happened in your parent's house.

:04:38. > :04:39.You brought a vulnerable child to your parent's home.

:04:40. > :04:43.You introduced him to your parents and then abused him in their house.

:04:44. > :04:53.Other than I saw an opportunity and I took it.

:04:54. > :04:58.He's Billy Brown and he was a 12-year-old resident at Bawnmore

:04:59. > :05:05.As a victim, he's waived his right to anonymity.

:05:06. > :05:09.He says he wants the truth about the abuse he suffered to be made known.

:05:10. > :05:19.How was it in his head to pick me to come and ask me

:05:20. > :05:28.Anybody who says they do, they need their head looked at.

:05:29. > :05:35.He was in his own mother and father's house.

:05:36. > :05:38.And for him to get into bed beside me and done what he done.

:05:39. > :05:42.He shouldn't even have got to Canada.

:05:43. > :05:49.Why should I be in hell on my own and I was the victim?

:05:50. > :05:52.In 1985, while visiting Northern Ireland, Henry Clarke

:05:53. > :05:55.was questioned by police and confessed to abusing Billy

:05:56. > :06:04.It would have been in the mid 80s, we were on holiday in Belfast

:06:05. > :06:13.and two detectives from the RUC came to talk to me and on that day,

:06:14. > :06:23.I admitted I had interfered with a boy at Bawnmore,

:06:24. > :06:34.From there, he made a further admission.

:06:35. > :06:37.He wrote to the RUC telling them he'd abused a third boy -

:06:38. > :06:44.this time a Boys Brigade camp in Newcastle, County Down.

:06:45. > :06:53.When I was in Northern Ireland, I omitted to mention a boy that

:06:54. > :06:55.I had interfered with sexually, and I wanted to deal

:06:56. > :07:00.with everything, and so I wrote to them and admitted

:07:01. > :07:04.that there was another boy that I had missed,

:07:05. > :07:06.or omitted telling them about, and asked them to take

:07:07. > :07:17.Well, I realised at that time my behaviour was wrong

:07:18. > :07:27.And I believe that, in my mind, that I would probably finish up

:07:28. > :07:31.going to prison or something of that nature, but there

:07:32. > :07:40.This time, the police didn't even attempt to have him prosecuted.

:07:41. > :07:44.And not only did they fail to press charges, they also failed to tell

:07:45. > :07:48.the Canadian authorities that there was a self-confessed paedophile

:07:49. > :07:57.living in their jurisdiction - much to Henry Clarke's surprise.

:07:58. > :08:00.So you thought that the RUC would have told the Canadian authorities?

:08:01. > :08:01.I did. I expected them to.

:08:02. > :08:09.Does it feel just to you that you have lived a full

:08:10. > :08:12.life here in Canada, while your victims'

:08:13. > :08:17.lives were blighted back in Northern Ireland by your actions?

:08:18. > :08:22.That I've had a good life and they've had a bad life?

:08:23. > :08:25.I hope they haven't had a bad life, I really do.

:08:26. > :08:36.I couldn't take it back and I was hoping that by my honesty

:08:37. > :08:39.that it would be dealt with and I would have the freedom

:08:40. > :08:46.I thought that the system would deal out to me

:08:47. > :08:57.And he should have had it done years ago.

:08:58. > :08:59.I can't understand it. Why?

:09:00. > :09:06.With no charges brought against him and the Canadian authorities

:09:07. > :09:09.unaware of his confessions, Henry Clarke continues to live

:09:10. > :09:13.out his life in Canada, where he has been a pastor

:09:14. > :09:15.for the past 30 years, moving around the country

:09:16. > :09:23.So Henry Clarke, having admitted child sex abuse

:09:24. > :09:27.to the authorities not once but twice, expected

:09:28. > :09:42.I'll be looking for answers on tomorrow evening's programme.

:09:43. > :09:45.There are organisations offering information and support to anyone

:09:46. > :09:47.affected by the sexual abuse of children.

:09:48. > :09:59.Their details are on the BBC's Actionline.

:10:00. > :10:06.This is BBC Newsline and still ahead on the programme:

:10:07. > :10:13.Can Rory McIlroy achieve golfing green is by winning a career grand

:10:14. > :10:14.slam? Join me for a special interview ahead of the Masters in

:10:15. > :10:27.Augusta. The Public Prosecution Service

:10:28. > :10:31.is considering appealing against the sentences handed down

:10:32. > :10:33.yesterday to husband and wife They were jailed for 15 years and 18

:10:34. > :10:38.months respectively for abusing a vulnerable woman who they kept

:10:39. > :10:40.as a virtual prisoner. Today there've been calls

:10:41. > :10:42.for an inquiry into how the Bakers were able to get away

:10:43. > :10:45.with their abuse for so long. Just how was Keith Baker

:10:46. > :10:54.able to keep and abuse a vulnerable woman, known

:10:55. > :10:57.as she was to the police and social services

:10:58. > :10:59.in England, for eight years? Ask those who knew him and knew

:11:00. > :11:11.the faily set-up described in court Ask those who knew him and knew

:11:12. > :11:14.the family set-up described in court as "grossly unconventional" and one

:11:15. > :11:17.word keeps cropping up - "control." It was Baker's second partner,

:11:18. > :11:19.Mandy Highfield, who brought the abuse to an end just before

:11:20. > :11:21.Christmas 2012. Baker had gone to England

:11:22. > :11:24.and she took the chance to escape from his control,

:11:25. > :11:26.something that for years, she told If you wanted to go to the toilet,

:11:27. > :11:32.you'd have to tell him that you wanted to go to the toilet

:11:33. > :11:35.and he would get somebody to stand at the bottom of the stairs to make

:11:36. > :11:38.sure you didn't go If you wanted to make a cup

:11:39. > :11:42.of coffee, you had to tell him you were making a cup of coffee

:11:43. > :11:46.and he'd come and stand there, just You couldn't do nothing

:11:47. > :11:49.without tellng him, The woman was reported

:11:50. > :11:53.missing to Suffolk police Suffolk Constabulary

:11:54. > :12:27.gave us this statement: Lord Morrow has been

:12:28. > :12:30.following this case since 2014. He has written many letters

:12:31. > :12:32.and tabled many questions, but says Now he wants an inquiry

:12:33. > :12:45.into what went wrong. We need to know why this was allowed

:12:46. > :12:48.to continue for so many years, it seems to be that one department

:12:49. > :12:53.doesn't know what the other is doing and there has been no joined up

:12:54. > :12:58.thinking or strategy. It is time some questions were asked. I would

:12:59. > :13:01.hope that these agencies, including the police, will take a look at

:13:02. > :13:05.themselves now and reflect on this and I suspect when they do that,

:13:06. > :13:14.they will come up with the answer, we could have and should have done

:13:15. > :13:16.better year. This evening it emerged prosecutors are considering

:13:17. > :13:20.appealing against the sentences handed down to the Bakers yesterday.

:13:21. > :13:24.They said the PPS is considering if there is a basis to refer the

:13:25. > :13:27.sentences handed down in this case to the Court of Appeal on the

:13:28. > :13:49.grounds they may have been unduly lenient.

:13:50. > :13:50.A charity which enables 20,000 vulnerable people

:13:51. > :13:53.to live independently, says its budget has been cut by 5%

:13:54. > :13:56.Supporting People say the cut means loss of ?3 million

:13:57. > :13:58.to its programme providing housing related support services

:13:59. > :14:02.At Stormont today Sinn Fein said there has been plenty of engagement

:14:03. > :14:05.in the latest phase of inter party talks but no progress.

:14:06. > :14:07.Michelle O'Neill, its Stormont leader, said both the DUP

:14:08. > :14:09.and the British government need to change their attitudes

:14:10. > :14:11.if there is to be any prospect of agreement.

:14:12. > :14:16.We have had a lot of meetings and engagement but not a lot of

:14:17. > :14:18.progress. It is clear the DUP and the British Government have failed

:14:19. > :14:21.to focus on the key issues of the recent election. Our position is

:14:22. > :14:24.clear, we will not return to the staters call. -- staters call.

:14:25. > :14:26.The police service is changing its recruitment process

:14:27. > :14:29.to try to address the low number of Catholics signing up.

:14:30. > :14:31.The changes include reducing the length of the selection

:14:32. > :14:34.procedure from 12 to 6 months and allowing candidates to take

:14:35. > :14:36.the initial test online rather than in an exam centre.

:14:37. > :14:38.The PSNI has ruled out the reintroduction of

:14:39. > :14:40.the controversial 50/50 recruitment policy which operated from 2001

:14:41. > :14:43.to 2011 and significantly boosted the number of Catholic recruits.

:14:44. > :14:48.It's reported that in three recent recruitment drives 31%

:14:49. > :14:56.of those who applied were from a Catholic background.

:14:57. > :14:58.The European Parliament has approved negotiating guidelines for the UK's

:14:59. > :15:00.exit from the European Union, ruling out any trade

:15:01. > :15:04.deal until the terms of withdrawal are settled.

:15:05. > :15:08.During the debate Sinn Fein's Martina Anderson challenged

:15:09. > :15:11.the Taoiseach to act as the voice of Irish people north and south

:15:12. > :15:15.The DUP's Diane Dodds said the triggering of Article 50 had

:15:16. > :15:20.And the Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson said he wouldn't

:15:21. > :15:25.accept either a hard border with the Republic or an internal

:15:26. > :15:28.border within the UK, and he had this rebuke for the EU

:15:29. > :15:35.Commission's Chief Brexit negotiator.

:15:36. > :15:38.I hope you're listening and not twiddling with your telephone

:15:39. > :15:45.With the greatest respect, can I say to you clearly,

:15:46. > :15:55.The BBC is to invest an extra ?11 million

:15:56. > :15:58.in Northern Ireland over the next three years.

:15:59. > :16:00.Making the announcement today, the director general Tony Hall said

:16:01. > :16:03.it was the biggest single investment the BBC had made here

:16:04. > :16:14.Our arts correspondent Robbie Meredith has more.

:16:15. > :16:20.As of now, we are investigating how are charging of Michael Farmer.

:16:21. > :16:22.Today's investment should mean more of this.

:16:23. > :16:35.This is what our younger audiences want, more money and more money in

:16:36. > :16:39.news and sports online but the second area is 50% increase in the

:16:40. > :16:42.money spent in Northern Ireland for Northern Ireland services, more

:16:43. > :16:43.drama, comedy, documentary is that reflect the life of Northern

:16:44. > :16:45.Ireland. So good news, but the most recently

:16:46. > :16:48.published accounts for BBC Northern Ireland show that it

:16:49. > :16:51.brought in ?99 million in licence But that just over ?73 million

:16:52. > :16:55.was spent by the BBC here in return. So are local licence fee payers

:16:56. > :17:09.being short changed? Part of what we are paying for is

:17:10. > :17:14.the entire BBC. You are paying for the sports rights for the FA Cup,

:17:15. > :17:17.the World Service, the entirety of the UK's output of the BBC. It is

:17:18. > :17:20.the balance we have got to work. The BBC is also renewing

:17:21. > :17:22.a partnership with Northern Ireland Screen, which will mean hits

:17:23. > :17:36.like The Fall and Line Of Duty There is fact and then there is the

:17:37. > :17:41.truth. That was the most watched drama on BBC Two ever and has no

:17:42. > :17:46.move to BBC One. It is an air and will come back and be made in

:17:47. > :17:52.Northern Ireland. Moar returning series and drama, children's comedy,

:17:53. > :17:56.factual, film, all of those areas, which are not only of importance for

:17:57. > :18:01.the audience to consume but I helpful in terms of developing our

:18:02. > :18:07.economy. Ablest, though the BBC has announced much more substantial

:18:08. > :18:10.additional effort in Wales, and Scotland, given the scrutiny over

:18:11. > :18:12.how the BBC spends the licensee, the fact that more of it will be staying

:18:13. > :18:17.here will be widely welcomed. A group of foootball clubs

:18:18. > :18:20.from north and west Belfast have joined forces in a cross-community

:18:21. > :18:22.initiative to address mental health A number of young men

:18:23. > :18:28.in some of the clubs have taken their own lives

:18:29. > :18:30.in the last year. Our reporter Kevin

:18:31. > :18:32.Sharkey has the story. A new campaign with a simple

:18:33. > :18:35.message for footballers. 28 clubs in all have come

:18:36. > :18:38.together from west Belfast Different communities,

:18:39. > :18:55.similar losses to suicide. Craig Volkmann was involved with the

:18:56. > :19:02.football club, Johnny Little, Woodvale has had four deaths through

:19:03. > :19:12.suicide over the last number of years. Twice in the last year and a

:19:13. > :19:18.half, and under 19 player. Taking their own life. It really brings it

:19:19. > :19:21.home. It is so close to home. There are many services based on the

:19:22. > :19:25.community providing help for people suffering from mental health issues.

:19:26. > :19:28.The big difference with this initiative is that it provides that

:19:29. > :19:36.help in the heart of local football clubs. It's OK to ask for help, it's

:19:37. > :19:43.OK to talk. Imagine a future in which a new

:19:44. > :19:46.technology could be used to create everything from entire houses

:19:47. > :19:48.to replacement human organs. Well those days are just

:19:49. > :19:50.about upon us thanks It uses printers to build up layers

:19:51. > :19:56.of materials to create objects. Our economics and business

:19:57. > :19:58.editor John Campbell The technology's been

:19:59. > :20:09.around since the 1980s, but in recent years it's grown

:20:10. > :20:13.from a niche market to something It's particularly used in precision

:20:14. > :20:17.engineering sectors, like aerospace. And increasingly in the medical

:20:18. > :20:20.sector, which is where They take 2-D scans and turn

:20:21. > :20:42.them into detailed 3-D What we are doing is 3-D printing

:20:43. > :20:49.something from patients's CT scans. We take a patient's CTD data made up

:20:50. > :20:52.of two slices and we reconstructed in the 3-D visualisation in the

:20:53. > :20:56.office to give to the surgeons. While they look at the three

:20:57. > :21:03.visualisation, we put it into the 3-D printer and it will reconstruct

:21:04. > :21:04.layer by layer at the CT scans to create one of physical model of a

:21:05. > :21:06.patient's pathology. And here's one of the surgeons who's

:21:07. > :21:18.recently started using the models. There is no surprises. We know

:21:19. > :21:23.exactly what we are getting. We have got a 3-D model there, we are not

:21:24. > :21:26.going to say we weren't expecting that bit of bone it to be there or

:21:27. > :21:28.that bit of bone to be somewhere else. We know exactly what we are

:21:29. > :21:29.getting. There were about 45,000 3-D printers

:21:30. > :21:31.sold worldwide last year. The cheapest ones, for home use,

:21:32. > :21:38.can be had for under ?200. There are also big industrial

:21:39. > :21:41.printers used by major companies, So is there much scope for local

:21:42. > :21:51.firms to use the technology? Experts at Queens are

:21:52. > :21:53.working in this field. And they say the speed

:21:54. > :22:04.and versatility of the technology Local companies can produce

:22:05. > :22:08.prototypes quickly and efficiently and to bring it to their customers

:22:09. > :22:13.for review. If the customer doesn't like it, they can quickly go back

:22:14. > :22:17.and change the design and reproduce a new prototype. In the past that

:22:18. > :22:18.may have taken months, with 3-D printing that can take a matter of

:22:19. > :22:19.days. Meanwhile, Axial 3-D has recently

:22:20. > :22:21.landed fresh investment, which will allow it to refine

:22:22. > :22:29.its products and grow the company. The final day of practice for the US

:22:30. > :22:33.Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia was cut short

:22:34. > :22:38.because of bad weather today. In an interview for BBC Newsline,

:22:39. > :22:45.the Holywood man told Stephen Watson -- Rory McIlroy he's

:22:46. > :22:47.never felt as comfortable and well prepared ahead

:22:48. > :22:57.of the On the verge of something special. A

:22:58. > :23:01.win for Rory McIlroy at golf's most iconic tourist would feel a career

:23:02. > :23:07.grand slam. The Masters is the only one of the sports's for majors he is

:23:08. > :23:10.yet to win and Rory McIlroy sounds confident. I feel more relaxed this

:23:11. > :23:15.year coming into it and I have in previous years. I feel we build up

:23:16. > :23:19.hype around it hasn't been quite as much as in previous years, but I

:23:20. > :23:22.feel I have been able to prepare quietly and they have come up here

:23:23. > :23:26.and had a couple of good trips. I have played a lot of golf around

:23:27. > :23:30.here. Mentally, I am in a good place, my game is any good shape, it

:23:31. > :23:34.is just a matter of going it and hitting the shots when they have

:23:35. > :23:37.come up here and had a couple of good trips. I have played a lot of

:23:38. > :23:40.golf around here. Mentally, I am in a good place, my game is any good

:23:41. > :23:43.shape, it is just a matter of going it and hitting the shots when the

:23:44. > :23:47.only did to win all the majors. Nearly 20 years on from that BBC

:23:48. > :23:53.interview, he knows what's within touching distance. It would be a

:23:54. > :23:58.lifelong dream, to be the best golfer in the world and win majors.

:23:59. > :24:01.I have done most of that and this would honestly complete that. It

:24:02. > :24:05.would pick me any place in golf history that very few people have

:24:06. > :24:09.gone before. I realise that, but I have two park that someone else this

:24:10. > :24:12.week and just try in women's golf tournament. If I do that, all that

:24:13. > :24:21.other stuff will take care of itself. McIlroy has had a chance to

:24:22. > :24:29.win the Masters before. In 2011, he blew a four shot a final-round lead.

:24:30. > :24:32.But that experience was all part of the learning curve. I have to treat

:24:33. > :24:37.it as a single goal to lament and not think about the consequences. I

:24:38. > :24:42.want to win a green jacket and that would be the same whether I am going

:24:43. > :24:45.for a slam or my first major arm attends major. I just want to win

:24:46. > :24:50.the Masters. It is the only one that's missing. And I may feel some

:24:51. > :24:55.work pressure because of that, at the same time, everyone I have

:24:56. > :24:58.beaten before in this field and I might necessarily not to beat them

:24:59. > :25:05.around as golf course, I feel I have the ability to. McIlroy was one of

:25:06. > :25:11.just the few golfers to squeeze in nine holes and a very early practice

:25:12. > :25:15.this morning before the threat of thunder and lightning meant because

:25:16. > :25:20.it had to be evacuated. If McIlroy is to try and win the Masters at his

:25:21. > :25:23.ninth attempt, it's not just the mental pressure and the expectation

:25:24. > :25:26.he will have to battle but the windy weather.

:25:27. > :25:34.Angie Phillips is here with the latest weather news.

:25:35. > :25:39.Lots of dry weather it still in the forecast over the next few days

:25:40. > :25:44.because we have high pressure in charge at the moment and to date

:25:45. > :25:49.that high was centred to the south-west of it. That meant we had

:25:50. > :25:53.a slow around this northern edge coming off the Atlantic which

:25:54. > :25:56.brought moisture in the form of cloud and that cloud was big enough

:25:57. > :26:01.to give a futurist during the first part of the day. The cloud by no

:26:02. > :26:07.means solid, some breaks here and there, particularly in eastern areas

:26:08. > :26:12.and towards the north coast. Finally forgetting it in the water there.

:26:13. > :26:16.Back to this evening and one or two bright intervals but generally a lot

:26:17. > :26:21.of cloud. Once again through the night that cloud will close in

:26:22. > :26:25.places. Clear it does over the hills and the north, odd pockets of

:26:26. > :26:31.gazelle. For many of us, the dry weather holds and it will be a mild

:26:32. > :26:34.night with loads of six 8 degrees. Tomorrow, mucking around with cloud

:26:35. > :26:40.once again. Large amounts of cloud, but that mainly dry steam is with

:26:41. > :26:44.us. If you have some dreadful first thing in the morning, it would be

:26:45. > :26:50.long before they fade away and things become largely drive.

:26:51. > :26:54.Hopefully the cloud Wilson out at times, lifting up as we go through

:26:55. > :27:00.the afternoon, particularly late afternoon. We may see a few bright

:27:01. > :27:03.intervals. Temperatures 11, 12 degrees, possibly a degree higher

:27:04. > :27:08.somewhere in the east if we get those bright spells. That takes us

:27:09. > :27:13.into tomorrow night, a lot of cloud around which could thicken to bring

:27:14. > :27:19.some drizzle. A frost free night. Friday, doing it on again. A few

:27:20. > :27:23.patches of drizzle in the morning, thicker cloud and then as it dies

:27:24. > :27:29.away in the afternoon, we see some bright or sigh intervals starting to

:27:30. > :27:33.break through. Towards the weekend, it is not until later on Sunday some

:27:34. > :27:37.rain on the way. Variable cloud and a few bright spells.

:27:38. > :27:39.Our late summary is at half past ten.