That was a sad read. The biggest flaw of public institutions is that they insert themselves where they’re neither needed nor wanted instead of serving the public well by performing proper oversight where they could do a lot of good. The signs were there that the boys were being abused but they were ignored, making the government complicit in the abuse.
May interest anyone who read the Devolution articles, flashback to a Wictor youtube months ago, relates to Devolution.
Start at 2:23 or so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqDCwd4Q3Xg&t=222s