tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post5233963712852769953..comments2024-01-25T09:28:56.610+00:00Comments on Confessions of a skeptic: Carrying onJonathan Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-79964896675024894572010-07-17T22:13:52.956+01:002010-07-17T22:13:52.956+01:00Please, 21:35, do try to be just a little bit adul...Please, 21:35, do try to be just a little bit adult! Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-85076672293268389022010-07-17T21:35:27.063+01:002010-07-17T21:35:27.063+01:00The poster at 17:04 seems to think that Father Dav...The poster at 17:04 seems to think that Father David Pearce might be able to bring a successful libel action for damage to his reputation.<br /><br />He is currently serving a substantial prison sentence for sexual offences against young boys.<br /><br />He does not have a reputation to lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-28774496383412587972010-07-17T18:41:02.891+01:002010-07-17T18:41:02.891+01:00This poor man is sounding more and more like a par...This poor man is sounding more and more like a parrot!<br /><br />Has he really not got the message? It is spelled out for him, again, very clearly by the blogger at 17.50 ( Child Protection - 6). I hope he or she will not mind if I quote what they have written there? It sums the situation up rather well and reads as follows: <br /><br />"....as I understand the situation, neither the Abbey nor St Benedict's feel they can respond to anything on this blog. And it is not difficult to see why. Its track record is even poorer than St Benedict's. As has been pointed out many times, there is here scant regard for the facts, other than those that suit its own book, and it is riddled with libellous statements.<br /><br />Over and above all that, this is not the arena in which to resolve difficult and delicate issues. The history of Ealing is, I can assure you, well known to all concerned - the social services, the police, the archdiocese, the Benedictine order, the parents of St Benedict's school and the parish at large. Over time, whatever issues remain to be dealt with will, with the intelligent support of those just mentioned, be resolved. Of that I have no doubt."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-16209539995580640902010-07-17T17:45:46.719+01:002010-07-17T17:45:46.719+01:00If the Abbey wishes to sue me for libel they know ...If the Abbey wishes to sue me for libel they know where to find me.<br /><br />But you might care to note that had the Abbot acted in the first place in accordance with his promises to have an independent review to ensure that there could be no repetition of father David's crimes, then there would have been no need for this present conversation, I would long ago have moved on to other topics.<br /><br />It is the complete brick-wall intransigence of the Abbot and the other Trustees in terms of actually doing anything to improve child protection at the school which is the root of this issue.Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-1724866374603648772010-07-17T17:33:48.865+01:002010-07-17T17:33:48.865+01:00So Mr West what you are saying is that you or peop...So Mr West what you are saying is that you or people like you would put a childs discomfort for the sake of a job......BUT THEN YOU ARE NOT A TEACHER AND DO NOT WORK WITH CHILDREN.but the thousands that do WOULD.<br />We do not need to read a policy we follow our morals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-90411991053938576922010-07-17T17:07:53.127+01:002010-07-17T17:07:53.127+01:00A P.S. - I'm sure the above message is clear e...A P.S. - I'm sure the above message is clear enough but I apologize for its typos and bad corrections!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-26007352448499145892010-07-17T17:04:55.839+01:002010-07-17T17:04:55.839+01:00Highly inappropriate calls for appropriate action....Highly inappropriate calls for appropriate action.<br /><br /><br />I just love the many the references on this blog to "'appropriate' action"! Any half-decent Solicitor, looking at through this material, could easily find at least half-a-dozen instances of libel. Just two examples: Fr David Pearce is accused of 'sodomy' and Fr Gregory Chillman, on several occasions, of the 'sexually abusing' children.<br /><br />Mr West's blog - and he's the person ultimately responsible for it - is, in truth, little short of a bear pit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-69628770098214980972010-07-17T12:42:43.919+01:002010-07-17T12:42:43.919+01:00The lay teachers are hardly likely to be in a posi...The lay teachers are hardly likely to be in a position to do anything. We've had one public account of the headteacher threatening a child into silence. If that is the <i>modus operandi</i> it wouldn't be all that hard to point out to teachers that they will be sacked if they do anything other than raise concerns with the headmaster for "appropriate" action.Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-82514098111666619402010-07-16T18:22:40.741+01:002010-07-16T18:22:40.741+01:00Yes I understand, but no one reported it to a lay ...Yes I understand, but no one reported it to a lay teacher?..and like I said what good is the wording on a child protection policy?<br />.....you have to spot it to report it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-16659981241632494402010-07-16T17:38:19.851+01:002010-07-16T17:38:19.851+01:00Some suffered in silence and didn't report the...Some suffered in silence and didn't report the matter to anybody until years later. "C" is an example of one such.<br /><br />Some reported the matter and the reports were suppressed. "Paul" who has commented on a previous thread is an example of this. He reported abuse by Maestri and Pearce to Father Anthony Gee, who threatened him into silence, a silence he kept for a long time.<br /><br />I'm not in a position to give any details regarding those who have only contacted me privately. I keep those communications confidential. I encourage them to report to the police any crimes they were victims of. It is for them to decide whether they feel able to do so, and also whether they wish to take up a civil case against the Abbey.Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-72964602901823543282010-07-16T17:15:38.390+01:002010-07-16T17:15:38.390+01:00Mr West.. just a quick question, you have stated y...Mr West.. just a quick question, you have stated you have received stories from quite a large number of alleged victims, I was just wondering how many of the pupils reported their uncomfortable feelings they had to other members of staff?<br /> Could you give us a percentage or did they suffer in silence? <br />If it was the latter what good is all the wording on a child protection policy? <br />If they did report this to staff lets name and shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-2395859322496011912010-07-16T10:10:26.568+01:002010-07-16T10:10:26.568+01:00I'm just wondering if Mr West notices the iron...I'm just wondering if Mr West notices the irony of his title, 'Carrying On'? Shades of Ealing Studios, peut-être?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-88034917973592396172010-07-16T09:28:05.348+01:002010-07-16T09:28:05.348+01:00If that isn't obvious to you, anonymous 19:32,...If that isn't obvious to you, anonymous 19:32, any further explanation would be utterly superfluous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-70979425383440589372010-07-16T02:26:29.367+01:002010-07-16T02:26:29.367+01:00Anonymous at 19:24 - you say that you are not an A...Anonymous at 19:24 - you say that you are not an Abbeyvista and are not attempting to defend the Abbey or its policy. Would you then care to tell us what you are trying to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-49834842336412011822010-07-15T19:32:29.176+01:002010-07-15T19:32:29.176+01:00Re 19:24 and 19:28 -
Sadly, the obsessed have li...Re 19:24 and 19:28 - <br /><br />Sadly, the obsessed have little room in which to 'think again'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-26861252356712139942010-07-15T19:28:56.397+01:002010-07-15T19:28:56.397+01:00I am sorry my misguided friend I'm not what yo...I am sorry my misguided friend I'm not what you like to label an Abbeyvista and nor am I attempting to defend Ealing Abbey or its 'safeguarding policy'. Think again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-80206150375101690422010-07-15T19:24:20.940+01:002010-07-15T19:24:20.940+01:00Abbeyvista's defending the woefully inadequate...Abbeyvista's defending the woefully inadequate safeguarding policy of St Benedict's. You could not make it up. <br /><br />If are thinking of sending your child to St Benedict's this is what you can expect if you <b>DARE</b> to question the regime on safeguarding. <br /><br />It's "The St Benedict's way."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-79813564135856107512010-07-15T18:18:01.050+01:002010-07-15T18:18:01.050+01:00Déjà vu !
I know an old lady in a care home, cate...Déjà vu !<br /><br />I know an old lady in a care home, catering primarily for those suffering from dementia. What characterises this poor soul is her obsessive need to repeat, day in and day out, the same thing over and over and over again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com