Mandate Now

On the matter of reporting abuse in confession, we are likely to read a great deal more about that when the CA Royal Commission publishes its report. It's an important area.  Sadly we do not know the name of the solicitor from Hugh James, and neither could we easily get it from either the firm or its website.  

Yeo's reply deceives. Neither statutory guidance nor Church policies demand child abuse 'must' be reported to the statutory authorities. 'Should' is discretionary - with little accountability if one doesn't report. Dom​ ​Richard​ ​Yeo was Abbot of Downside between 1998-2006

Former Abbot Ampleforth 1998-2006. His reply to a question from Karmy-Jones is short.

Headmaster of Downside 2003-2014. From 2014 to present - Prior Administrator. A script writer would be dissed for this story line.

Responsibility and accountability are missing from safeguarding presently. Being utterly realistic Ms Dziadulewicz suggests law is needed. She is correct. The decades long misapplication of research from familial abuse to the complex structures of Regulated Settings has got to stop. It's failed staff, children and their parents.

Many times Mandate Now has said reporting abuse is 'discretionary.' We have also written many times there is nominal responsibility and no accountability. This extract from the evidence of ​Ms Dziadulewicz says much the same.

A key shortcoming in Regulated Activity safeguarding and child protection. Safeguarding is 'discretionary.' It's a safety critical function - yet discretionary.

Witness RC-A117 wants mandatory safeguarding. Her solicitor Richard Scorer later confirmed she meant mandatory reporting of known and suspected abuse. MR is becoming a theme in the catholic investigation.

Karmy-Jones QC at 05.18" asks Molesworth if he would like to add anything to his evidence to assist the panel. MN recognises most of it - Local Authorities have almost no authority over independent schools. Lack of effective oversight appears, and he gets terribly close to alluding to Mandatory Reporting. Shame he didn't say it. Cuthbert Madden became Abbot of Ampleforth in 2005.

Surprisingly it's not quite anyone's fault - it seems. But the people who will pay the price are the CP abusees in the inquiry, and child protection in future.

Grief this is serious. The lawyers present were all looking at their shoes.  The Chair needed to be a former judge, and still does. An astonishing intervention at a Public Inquiry.

Ouch ! Then Karmy-Jones QC refers to the limited resources of the inquiry. Read about those here: https://goo.gl/48HQaU

The clients of Ms Griffiths are Eileen Shearer formerly of the Catholic Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults, and Adrian Child formerly of the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service.

The vital need for the introduction of Mandatory Reporting stemming from cover up of abuse to protect reputation and priests. The Catholic Church treats safeguarding as a public relations exercise.

Deputy Chief Constable explaining a team of 11 have been allocated to the investigation. From a site independent of Mandate Now here is a history of Hill End Hospital https://goo.gl/dBd5J2

In the report Ecclesiastical Insurance is heavily criticised for its inconsistent advice to CofE and it has often acted with little concern for survivors of clergy abuse.

Dr Christine Barter is a researcher at UCLAN. The programme was about child/child abuse Talking values and the introduction of 'better training' alone, will not change the inconsistency Dr Barter talks of. Reports can easily be mandated which will introduce support and clarity for staff, as well as consistency. Expertise will be introduced to address the challenge schools face in this realm.

Sarah Hannafin demonstrating NAHT appreciates the challenges her colleagues in schools face with child/child abuse. Mandated reporting to the Local Authority for independent assessment and assistance by people expert in the field is a vital component for improvement.

ToRs say: [1] To consider the extent to which State and non-State institutions have failed in their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation; to consider the extent to which those failings have since been addressed; to identify further action needed to address any failings identified; to consider the steps which it is necessary for State and non-State institutions to tak...

The absence of a functioning child protection framework for Regulated Activities, debilitates the Local Authority or the Charity Commission from ensuring Jehovah's Witnesses deliver child protection on which reliance can be placed. The statutory framework for child protection in these settings has the appearance of having been designed to fail. This article about the issue appeared on the National...

And this BBC piece not even mention the £50m donation made last year by AllChurches Trust Ltd, the owners of Ecclesiastical Insurance, to the Church Of England https://youtu.be/xpuq4HLNjDY?t=4m37s . Virtuous circle says Sir Peter Mawer at the beginning for the film, or is it a conflict of interest?

Make of this clip what you will. MN is awaiting the transcript to drop here.

Withering criticism of the Church's current treatment of abusees by Reverend Graham Sawyer. The Church seems hard wired with inertia.

Nigel O'Mara had core participant status under SOIA's umbrella so there's a parting of the ways for reasons unknown. Nigel O'Mara could now apply for core participant status in his own right but it's neither quick, easy or guaranteed. SOIA claim to represent more than 100 survivors. Edited from the piece was an interview from some weeks ago with Professor Jay by Stephen Nolan. Many will have heard...

Phil Frampton speaking for SOIA.