I want two choir boys and make it snappy.
Posted on 02/11/2020 4:27:10 PM PST by marshmallow
* £200million being set aside for ‘restoration or redress’ to thousands of victims
* Bill is more than the annual sum spent running the C of E by its financial arm
* It could force sale of some of the Church’s £8billion-worth of historic assets
The Church of England could be forced to pay £200million to survivors of child sex abuse, its parliament is to be told.
The money is being set aside for ‘restoration or redress’ to thousands of victims abused by bishops, clergy and lay helpers.
This huge bill is more than the annual sum spent running the C of E by its financial arm, the Church Commissioners.
It could lead to major spending cuts and force the sale of some of the Church’s £8billion-worth of historic assets.
In papers for a meeting today of the C of E ruling body, the General Synod, the Rt Rev Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells, says the Church is co-operating with the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
He admits its hearings have ‘underlined the Church’s poor response to survivors of abuse’.
The inquiry is due to make recommendations this summer and Bishop Hancock says these ‘will inform next steps, including budget setting’.
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I want two choir boys and make it snappy.
How about public schools and universities?
It shouldn’t end with the children. They’re all adults now and how many became abusers themselves? What about their victims?
And the victims of the muslim grooming gangs?
How much has the BBC paid out?
Bump
That’s what the C of E gets for allowing homosexuals to become priests.
If only they could marry!
And from the article: "The archdiocese maintains that its victim compensation fund settled the case over the alleged conduct of the latter priest, who died more than two decades ago."
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