https://www.crockford.org.uk/
John Roberts St Peter's Woolton
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/child-rapist-vicar-protected-church-19498559
An evil vicar who sexually abused a choirboy but was allowed to carry on working for 24 years ruined the lives of three other victims.
Reverend John Roberts was based at St Peter's Church in Woolton - the "Beatles church" where John Lennon met Paul McCartney.
The married dad-of-three was convicted of two counts of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 1989, but fined just £500 by magistrates.
And instead of being defrocked, he was reinstated by the then Bishop of Liverpool, David Sheppard, within a fortnight and eventually promoted to the position of Canon.
Last week, he was convicted of nine indecent and sexual assaults - one of which would today be classed as rape - after a four-week trial.
The jury heard evidence from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who expressed regret for not handling one complaint differently when he was the Dean of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
Tragically, one victim - whose complaint to police brought the case to court - died just two days before the trial began in November.
But today the 86-year-old, of Cherry Vale, Woolton, finally faced justice at Liverpool Crown Court.
Roberts ministered at St Peter's, close to the Salvation Army-run care home at Strawberry Fields, from 1980 to 2002, and later worked voluntarily at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, before retiring in 2013.
Ben Jones, prosecuting, told the trial Roberts misused his power and authority to sexually abuse vulnerable boys and young men.
He said his behaviour was "compulsive" and "sadly he has been encouraged in the belief that he would not be caught by the failure of the Church to properly investigate allegations".
Mr Jones said when accusations were made, the Church "closed ranks to protect him" and took the "superficial approach of refusing to believe a complaint because of the status of the person making that complaint".
He said: "The Church of England today frankly accepts it fell into error in the way that it dealt with safeguarding issues in the past."
The victim of the 1989 conviction, Victim A, told jurors Roberts lavished him with gifts and attention, then made him perform sex acts.
In 2017, when taking legal action against the Church, Victim A told the ECHO about his disgust and anger over the Church protecting and promoting Roberts.
Victim B, who died in November, contacted police after reading the article and revealed he was abused by Roberts in the 1980s, when aged 15 to 17.
He had been in Strawberry Fields care home when Roberts, then in his 40s, kissed him, made him perform sex acts and performed sex acts on him, and raped him.
Roberts later arrange for him to stay at his own home in one of his daughter's bedrooms, when he crept in during the night and tried to perform a sex act on him.
Church goer Victim C also contacted police in 2017 and said Roberts had groped him when visiting his family's home in the early 2000s, when he was 15 or 16.
He recalled how Roberts told him he was handsome, put his hand down his trousers and touched his bottom, and warned him not to tell anyone.
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The Bell Society
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https://goodnessandharmony.wordpress.com/
CBE for Stephen Slack recently-retired Chief Legal Advisor to the Church of England. In 2007 Slack advised bishops “not to apologise too fully to sex abuse victims”.
It is an ecclesiastical protection racket and [the attitude is that] anyone who seeks to in any way threaten the reputation of the church as an institution has to be destroyed”~ Revd Graham Sawyer – IICSA Inquiry – July 2018
https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news/274/letter-from-senior-clergy-reflecting-on-
Yours in Christ,
The Rt Revd Julian Henderson (Bishop of Blackburn)
The Rt Revd Philip North (Bishop of Burnley)
The Rt Revd Dr Jill Duff (Bishop of Lancaster)
The Very Revd Peter Howell-Jones (Dean of Blackburn)
The Ven Michael Everitt (Archdeacon of Lancaster)
The Ven Mark Ireland (Archdeacon of Blackburn)
https://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/opinion-17-july-2019/
https://chairnsp.org/2019/07/15/presenting-to-the-synod/
https://chairnsp.org/2020/11/23/past-cases-review-2/
National Safeguarding Panel
Meg Munn
Providing independent scrutiny and challenge to the Church of England
https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/safeguarding-news-and-releases/meg-munn-continue-role
Bishop Peter Hancock Lead Bishop Bath Wells
https://bathwellschap.wordpress.com/
https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news/274/letter-from-senior-clergy-reflecting-on-
To all holding the Bishop of Blackburn’s Licence (Clergy and Readers) and Parish Safeguarding Officers
Monday June 17th 2019
Dear Friends,
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Case Studies into the Diocese of Chichester and the response to allegations against Peter Ball
‘Have mercy on us O God, for we have sinned.’ (Psalm 51,1)
It is very hard not to hear David’s plaintive cry as we read the pages of the report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse on the Diocese of Chichester and the Peter Ball case. What cries out most clearly is the desperate suffering of those who have been victims of sexual abuse by clergy and church leaders and the lifelong impact it has had on them.
The NSP was set up to resource the Church of England's leadership (Archbishops' Council and House of Bishops) with good high-level strategic advice and direction on safeguarding, and provide vital reference and scrutiny from a range of voices, including survivors, on the development of policy and guidance.
Meg, who was the first independent chair, appointed in 2018 for an initial three year period, said: "I am pleased that my appointment as Independent Chair of the National Safeguarding Panel has been extended for a further two years, at a time of significant safeguarding developments within the Church of England. The Panel will continue to scrutinise safeguarding policy and procedures, to bring attention to different aspects of safeguarding and to ensure that the Church benefits from the perspectives of survivors, safeguarding experts and the experience of other churches."
The Church of England’s lead safeguarding bishop, Jonathan Gibbs, said: “I am delighted that Meg will be continuing in role for another two years. Since becoming lead bishop, I have found Meg’s leadership and chairing of the National Safeguarding Panel to be a highly valued source of scrutiny and accountability for the Church. Her experience and skills, working with the Panel members and highlighting vital issues have played an important part in the development of our safeguarding work.”
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/second-world-war-tales-incredible-6177462
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/contact/
https://www.sheffield.anglican.org/safeguarding
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/deputy-headteacher-admits-child-sexual-abuse-b1980895.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10336381/Deputy-primary-school-headteacher-admits-18-vile-child-sex-offences.html
https://www.saintgeorgescentral.wigan.sch.uk/Documents/Aboutus/Our%20Inspiration.pdf
https://stthomascrookes.org/talks/3-october-2018/
Julie Morris was the safeguarding lead at St George’s Central C of E Primary School in Wigan. She and her partner, David Morris, filmed themselves abusing and raping a girl under the age of 13 in a series of videos.
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