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[–]jet199 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There were certainly many cases of UK social services not doing criminal record checks on gay men they employed because they didn't want to be seen as homophobic.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/03/gayrights.weekend7

Also didn't investigate when there were complains.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/gay-couple-left-free-to-abuse-boys-because-social-workers-feared-being-branded-homophobic-6611340.html