 In July 2014, the BBC reported that 275 people had made allegations, and 49 possible suspects were being investigated.In October 2014, John Allen appeared at Mold Crown Court accused of 40 counts of sexual abuse against 19 boys and one girl, aged between 7 and 15, during the 1960s and 1970s.At the time, Allen ran the Bryn Alyn Community which owned three children's residential homes near Wrexham.