Let's look the other way and claim the moral high ground

The thing with child abuse is that by its very nature the details take years to come out. So the perpetrators and their apologists can plausibly claim that things have changed safe in the knowledge that no recent cases will have come to public knowledge. But eventually light is shone on the real truth.

The claim: "The last few years have seen Churches and other agencies tighten up their child and vulnerable person protection policies and practices and have beefed up the accountability system."

The truth: "As a solicitor representing victims of child abuse, particularly in the Catholic church, I am completely unsurprised by the comments from Vincent Nichols, the new Archbishop of Westminster. As Archbishop of Birmingham he fought legal claims by child abuse victims tooth and nail, delaying justice for many years. Moreover, even when legal claims have succeeded in the courts he has been unwilling to apologise for the archdiocese's failings. His mask may have slipped publicly for the first time, but for Nichols this contempt for victims and unwillingness to learn lessons is par for the course.
Richard Scorer
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire"

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And yes, I have been storing this up because I found the original post on this subject completely sickening.

Posted By: Bryan Salad Surgery on May 23rd 2009 at 10:57:45

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