A former Archbishop of Canterbury has attacked the church for destroying the reputation of Bishop George Bell over a settled claim of child sex abuse.
Lord Carey said he was "appalled" at the way the church had treated the memory of the revered late wartime bishop and was looking for "ways of re-opening" the case of the former head of the Church of England in Sussex.Why didn’t he speak up sooner, I wonder, when other people were having their reputations traduced on similar historical allegations?
responding to a letter from George Bell's 92-year-old niece, Barbara Whitely, Lord Carey said the church he headed until 2002 has effectively "delivered a ‘guilty’ verdict without anything resembling a fair and open trial".Yes, your worship, that’s how such things are done these days. Didn’t you get the memo?
Funny how you only start squawking when it’s one of your own, isn’t it..?
In his letter to Mrs Whitley, Lord Carey added he hoped "to persuade some people in the media to take this forward".
He added: "Newspapers are sometimes prepared to step forward when powerful organisations crush individuals."Newspapers now often ARE the ‘powerful organisations’ that are crushing individuals.
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Life is hard enough without having to fend off those who wish to crush us and put us under their control. The government heads the charge for doing just that, followed by the MSM, progressives and SJWs. Lets not forget the righteous well intentioned who know what is best for us and believe we cannot be trusted to make our own choices. You will find them everywhere in the house next door, managing charities and other NGOs turn a stone over and you will find one or many. Then there are the bureaucrats and the like. Ooops! I have covered that when I said government. If we did not have these people and institutions to contend with perhaps life would not be hard at all. Damn I have counted all those who wish to control others and they far outnumber those who do not in fact there are only two you and me and I am not certain about that.
Why was this not pursued legally at the time to define once and for all guilt or innocence? There are a few answers to that and one is the attitude of the church at the time.
"The government heads the charge for doing just that, followed by the MSM, progressives and SJWs."
A so-called Conservative government, at that... :(
"There are a few answers to that and one is the attitude of the church at the time."
Good point.
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