Interim Celtic chairman Brian Wilson was quizzed about the abuse scandal at Celtic Boys Club in a tense television exchange.
The club last year settled 24 cases brought as part of a class action lawsuit by former youth players who were sexually abused while playing for the feeder team.
Several former coaches and staff at Celtic Boys Club have been convicted of child sex abuse spanning decades in recent years, but the Premiership club argued it was not liable.
On Sunday the club's interim chairman, the former Labour MP Brian Wilson, appeared on BBC Scotland's Sunday Show to discuss the travails of his former party.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under scrutiny for his appointment of Peter Mandelson, a friend of the billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, to an ambassadorship role.
Lord Mandelson was sacked after new information was released about the closeness of their relationship, and has resigned from the party amid allegations he passed sensitive information to Epstein while in government under Gordon Brown.
The Metropolitan Police are investigating him for alleged misconduct in a public office.
The interim Celtic chairman appeared on the Sunday Show to discuss Lord Mandelson and the future of the Prime Minister, but the conversation turned to the abuse scandal.
Mr Wilson was asked about the victims of Epstein, and those who were dismissed or not believed.
Referencing Celtic Boys Club, host Gary Robertson asked if there was a wider societal issue with people reporting such things being dismissed.
Mr Wilson said: "I don't think today anyone who comes forward with these allegations is dismissed.
"I'm only talking about the Epstein case. By then it was well known, he had been convicted, he'd been in jail."
The host then pressed him on the Celtic Boys Club case, with Mr Wilson saying "I'm not going to talk about Celtic".
Mr Robertson then pressed him about the lengthy legal process, with the club initially looking to argue that the Boys Club was a separate entity and that it was therefore not liable.
Mr Wilson said: "I'm very happy to talk about societal issues, of course victims should always be taken seriously."
He was then asked if that had always been the case at Celtic and responded: "Sorry, I think I was asked in here to talk about (the Labour Party and Epstein).
"You'll only see the connection if you try to make it."
