Westminster Confidential ✒ The Independent Child Sex Abuse Inquiry’s verdict on lip service provision to tackle child sexual abuse.

 David Hencke
 
 The CSA inquiry report into the Roman Catholic Church -published this week – and its handling of years of child sexual abuse makes very grim reading . It suggests that while the Church may have put in structures to deal with the issue there was no real compassionate commitment from the top of the Church to act.

In particular the report is scathing about Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, for his lack of compassion and the extraordinary failure of the former Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, to proffer even a statement to the inquiry. Instead he retired without saying a word.

This would suggest that neither Pope Francis nor the Cardinal – whatever words of contrition he made – are really bothered about the serious state of child sex abuse in the church in England and Wales.

Continue reading @ Westminster Confidential.

A Damning Indictment On The Uncompassionate Roman Catholic Church

Westminster Confidential ✒ The Independent Child Sex Abuse Inquiry’s verdict on lip service provision to tackle child sexual abuse.

 David Hencke
 
 The CSA inquiry report into the Roman Catholic Church -published this week – and its handling of years of child sexual abuse makes very grim reading . It suggests that while the Church may have put in structures to deal with the issue there was no real compassionate commitment from the top of the Church to act.

In particular the report is scathing about Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, for his lack of compassion and the extraordinary failure of the former Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, to proffer even a statement to the inquiry. Instead he retired without saying a word.

This would suggest that neither Pope Francis nor the Cardinal – whatever words of contrition he made – are really bothered about the serious state of child sex abuse in the church in England and Wales.

Continue reading @ Westminster Confidential.

1 comment:

  1. From Victoria..

    "The Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Graham Ashton told a State Parliament inquiry the church's lack of cooperation and its internal system for dealing with abuse claims is hindering police investigations and helping to hide the problem.

    He says until the church starts reporting abuse allegations to police he doesn't have any faith that it's serious about tackling the problem."

    https://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3614597.htm

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