No, Ted Heath’s ‘deeply closeted’ sexuality doesn’t mean he was a paedophile

It is of course too soon to make any meaningful response to the Ted Heath
allegations. However, in reporting the ‘mystery’ surrounding the former
Prime Minister’s sexuality, the media and the social media are insinuating
something sinister: that Ted Heath’s unwillingnness to out himself as a
homosexual is somehow in itself suspicious.

Journalists are putting about all the old stories about Heath’s ‘deeply closeted’ homosexuality alongside the latest child abuse allegations, and Twitter does the rest:

https://twitter.com/MylesPaynter/status/628310485226668033

https://twitter.com/55fenderstrat/status/604162519096266753

Book asks question: Was Ted Heath gay? http://t.co/IoCPwi0dcH As closet door is opened will it reveal paedophile past? #CSA

— lee nichols 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇷🇺 🇮🇹 (@leenichols3) May 25, 2015

It is increasingly common to link gay men who repress their
sexual appetites with people who rape children. This seems homophobic.
Child abuse is a complex subject. It is possible that, as
often claimed, some Catholic priests, in stifling homosexual desires,
ended up abusing children, the evidence is not clear. Ted Heath’s ‘confirmed bachelor’ status was not in and of itself creepy.