be in contact

The BBC has established that a small number of the men are still alive and may currently be in contact with, or have care of, children through paid work or volunteering.

Of the small number of men who may still be in contact with children professionally, none has any criminal conviction that the BBC has been able to find - meaning they could have passed in-depth background checks when applying for jobs.

That, the judge said, could infer that they were either together or had a plan not to be in contact.

It is considered normal for party officials from the UK to be in contact with counterparts in the US.

"All of that is possible when they're held in public collections like ours - we can be held accountable, whereas once they go up for auction, they're out of public use and there's no way for a community to be in contact."