IICSA investigation into the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales HERE includes Birmingham, and the Benedictine Order, in Ealing and other places.
Preliminary hearings
28 July 2016
6 June 2017
main hearings
27 Nov 2017 - 15 Dec 2017
Benedictine Congregation - former Abbot of Ealing, Laurence [born Andrew] Soper and David Pearce
convicted Dec 2017 to 18 years in prison
lots of complaints who form the West London Benedictine Order Abuse Survivors, who are represented by Slater & Gordon
Ealing Abbey and St Benedict's School. case study hearings
PH - 1 Nov 2018 HERE
Main Hearings
5 Days covering periods 4 Feb - 8 2019, transcript of hearing plus addition documents HERE
28 July 2018 hearing
page 7 HERE
" number of priests associated with the Birmingham Archdiocese have been convicted of offences of child sexual abuse, including Father Eric Taylor, Father Samuel Penney, Father Alexander Bede Walsh and Father James Robinson.
Significant concerns have been raised about the way in which allegations of abuse were handled by the archdiocese, particularly when under the management of Archbishop Couve de Murville in the 1980s and 1990s. The Inquiry will be investigating all of these matters, which may be illustrative of wider failings in the Catholic Church."
page 7 -8
the English Benedictine Congregation, which I will refer to as "the Benedictines", are a Catholic religious order whose affiliated monasteries run or have run a number of prestigious private boarding schools. Many allegations of child sexual abuse have been made by
former pupils at those schools, including Ampleforth,
Benedict's Ealing and Fort Augustus, a school in Scotland.
IICSA Research Report HERE
Nov 2017
An excerpt:
The Conference of Religious England and Wales (COR) is an association which represents the leaders of Catholic religious institutes (sometimes also referred to as orders, congregations or communities, although not all of these terms are interchangeable) in England and Wales."
"The superiors of Anglican religious communities are also able to join as associate members. The COR’s website lists 71 male religious orders and 176 female religious orders as members."
"The Pope is the head of the universal church and, together with a number of organisations and bodies which support him, including the Roman Curia, the Synod of Bishops and the College of Cardinals, is known as the Holy See."
" The Anglican Communion consists of a worldwide family of 38 autonomous national and regional Christian churches, plus six additional provincial churches and dioceses. All these churches consider themselves to be ‘in communion’ (ie. in a reciprocal relationship).
In England and Wales, there are two Anglican Churches: Church of England and the Church in Wales.
The Church of England is the established church of England and the reigning monarch is its Supreme Governor.
The Church of England is split into two provinces – Northern and Southern – which are overseen by the Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury respectively, with the Archbishop of Canterbury being the senior archbishop.
The provinces are made up of 41 English dioceses. The General Synod is the legislature of the church.
The Church in Wales has been an independent Anglican church since 1920 and, unlike the Church of England, is not an established church. It is led by the Archbishop of Wales."
Preliminary hearings
28 July 2016
6 June 2017
main hearings
27 Nov 2017 - 15 Dec 2017
Benedictine Congregation - former Abbot of Ealing, Laurence [born Andrew] Soper and David Pearce
convicted Dec 2017 to 18 years in prison
lots of complaints who form the West London Benedictine Order Abuse Survivors, who are represented by Slater & Gordon
Ealing Abbey and St Benedict's School. case study hearings
PH - 1 Nov 2018 HERE
Main Hearings
5 Days covering periods 4 Feb - 8 2019, transcript of hearing plus addition documents HERE
28 July 2018 hearing
page 7 HERE
" number of priests associated with the Birmingham Archdiocese have been convicted of offences of child sexual abuse, including Father Eric Taylor, Father Samuel Penney, Father Alexander Bede Walsh and Father James Robinson.
Significant concerns have been raised about the way in which allegations of abuse were handled by the archdiocese, particularly when under the management of Archbishop Couve de Murville in the 1980s and 1990s. The Inquiry will be investigating all of these matters, which may be illustrative of wider failings in the Catholic Church."
page 7 -8
the English Benedictine Congregation, which I will refer to as "the Benedictines", are a Catholic religious order whose affiliated monasteries run or have run a number of prestigious private boarding schools. Many allegations of child sexual abuse have been made by
former pupils at those schools, including Ampleforth,
Benedict's Ealing and Fort Augustus, a school in Scotland.
IICSA Research Report HERE
Nov 2017
An excerpt:
" 4.1 Overview of the Catholic Church in England and Wales
The Catholic Church in England and Wales is made up of 22 dioceses. Five dioceses (Westminster, Southwark, Liverpool, Birmingham and Cardiff) are archdioceses and are headed by archbishops. All bishops, archbishops and auxiliary bishops42 from the 22 dioceses of England and Wales are members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW).The Conference of Religious England and Wales (COR) is an association which represents the leaders of Catholic religious institutes (sometimes also referred to as orders, congregations or communities, although not all of these terms are interchangeable) in England and Wales."
"The superiors of Anglican religious communities are also able to join as associate members. The COR’s website lists 71 male religious orders and 176 female religious orders as members."
"The Pope is the head of the universal church and, together with a number of organisations and bodies which support him, including the Roman Curia, the Synod of Bishops and the College of Cardinals, is known as the Holy See."
Anglican Churchs
5.1" The Anglican Communion consists of a worldwide family of 38 autonomous national and regional Christian churches, plus six additional provincial churches and dioceses. All these churches consider themselves to be ‘in communion’ (ie. in a reciprocal relationship).
In England and Wales, there are two Anglican Churches: Church of England and the Church in Wales.
The Church of England is the established church of England and the reigning monarch is its Supreme Governor.
The Church of England is split into two provinces – Northern and Southern – which are overseen by the Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury respectively, with the Archbishop of Canterbury being the senior archbishop.
The provinces are made up of 41 English dioceses. The General Synod is the legislature of the church.
The Church in Wales has been an independent Anglican church since 1920 and, unlike the Church of England, is not an established church. It is led by the Archbishop of Wales."
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