20 Years of Catlick kiddy-fiddling - Will it ever stop?
From 21 Nov 2002
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...sk-checks.html
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Cleared priest in child risk checks
A Roman Catholic priest is being assessed for any risk that he may pose to children more than two years after parishioners first raised concerns about him directly with Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. (See more about this Servant of Satan at the bottom of this post.)
A child protection "risk assessment" on Fr Philip Temple, who is attached to the parish of Christ the King, Cockfosters, north London, was begun only after The Telegraph made inquiries about his case.
The delay in acting on the parishioners' concerns suggests that the Church's tough new rules on child protection are either inadequate or not being adhered to fully.
Fr Temple, 52, a Benedictine monk, stood trial for abusing a teenage boy and admitted in court to being close to the alleged victim and giving him "pocket money".
He was acquitted after a retrial in 1999 and returned to parish work. But members of the local congregation raised concerns about his continued presence in Cockfosters with the Archdiocese of Westminster.
Cardinal MurphyO'Connor and other senior clergy expressed disquiet about the situation. But the cardinal said he could not act because Fr Temple is a monk in the Olivetan Benedictine Order who is answerable to his abbot in Italy and not under the jurisdiction of the archdiocese.
The case could, however, have been referred to the church's new child protection specialists - appointed following Lord Nolan's review - for an assessment process.
Eileen Shearer, director of the new Catholic Office for the Protection of Children, said yesterday she was "concerned that there had not been a risk assessment" of Fr Temple earlier.
Ms Shearer said it was "essential" that any risk to children was assessed immediately when suspicions about child abuse were raised.
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Fast forward to March 2016:
http://www.tandridge-today.co.uk/art...earchyear=2016
Man charged with historic sex attacks appears at Bromley Magistrates’ Court
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A MAN charged with a string of historic child sex offences has appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court.
66-year-old Philip Temple, of no fixed address, was charged with 27 offences of non-recent sexual assault and two counts of perjury.
He is alleged to have abused 12 victims between 1971 and 1998 in children’s care homes managed by Wandsworth Council, Lambeth Council and Christ the King Monastery in Southgate, Enfield.
Temple was arrested under Operation Trinity following complaints made to police in November 2012.
He appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday and was remanded in custody to appear at Croydon Crown Court on April 6.
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And, on 6th April 2016
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http://www.pressreader.com/uk/i-from...09921/textview
Ex-priest admits 20 chiLd sex offences
A former care worker and priest has admitted to 20 historical child sex offences. Philip Temple, 67, is charged with 27 counts involving 12 victims at children’s homes run by Wandsworth and Lambeth councils and at a monastery in Southgate. He denied seven of the 27 charges at Croydon Crown Court.
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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.
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Paedophilia in the Catholic Church
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/re..._priests.shtml
An investigation by the Today Programme has uncovered new evidence that Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales failed to act appropriately when dealing with paedophile priests in his former diocese of Arundel and Brighton.
The Cardinal is currently the subject of a police inquiry over claims that he covered up the activities of one paedophile priest - Father Michael Hill. Yesterday Hill admitted abusing more children - some of them disabled.
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Also:
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Abuse scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac...#Abuse_scandal
On Atheism
In 2008 Murphy-O'Connor urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with deep esteem, "because the hidden God is active in their lives as well as in the lives of those who believe". However, in 2009, speaking after Archbishop Vincent Nichols' installation, he said that a lack of faith is "the greatest of evils." He blamed atheism for war and destruction, and implied it was a greater evil even than sin itself and that atheists are "not fully human".
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That comment that atheists should be treated with "deep esteem, "because the hidden God is active in their lives as well as in the lives of those who believe"." - needs to be explained: The change from the earlier stance shows the clear influence that Satan has in the Catholic Church.
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This is probably a good place to announce the start, on 4th June, of a new initiative by Landover Baptist Church "Exploring your Body - A Gift From God." A course for unaccompanied 5 through 9 year-olds in which Brother Harold Porter will give Biblical context to the child.