Huw Edwards criticised for entering festival poetry competition

Actress Sera Cracroft, who is a survivor of child sexual abuse, has strongly criticized disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards for entering Wales' largest cultural festival's poetry competition. Edwards admitted to accessing 41 child sexual abuse images, including seven of the most severe kind, and was given a suspended six-month sentence and placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.

The National Eisteddfod revealed that Edwards had officially entered his poem, written under the pseudonym Y Gelyn, but it was placed in the third grouping of entries and was not a winner. Cracroft was particularly upset that if Edwards had won, it would have been a deeply hurtful moment for survivors, as it could be seen as a self-righteous act.

She also stressed the importance of survivors speaking up and learning about the long-term emotional and mental health impacts of such crimes. The Eisteddfod's official stance is that they have processes in place to ensure anonymity during the competition, but Cracroft believes the organization should review its entry rules.