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Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Ok, misleading title but I simply couldn't resist. Ronald Johns is actually the ex-canon of Carlisle Cathedral in Cumbria and he's just been jailed for four years for child molestation offences going back some thirty years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-20391434
Naturally, once the Church officials found out about this turbulent priest, they lost no time in alerting the police.
No, of course not. His bishop moved him to another parish. How far away? About half an hour down the road:
Quote:The court was told Johns was demoted by his bishop instead of police being informed of the allegations made by his first victim.
The victim had made an official complaint to the church in 1993. By that time Johns was a canon at Carlisle Cathedral.
Johns made admissions to the then bishop, the late Right Rev Ian Harland, who felt the appropriate sanction was to move him to a church in Caldbeck.
The matter only came to the attention of police this year when another victim complained he had been abused by Johns.
So how has the Diocese of Carlisle responded to this? They've issued this notice in which they "apologise unreservedly to his victims that we failed to take the action that we should have taken to prevent children and young people being harmed. We also apologise to the parishioners at Caldbeck and recognise the profound and damaging impact on all those affected" and state that "even though at that time the complainants did not wish to pursue the matter with the Police, it was absolutely wrong that Mr Johns should have been offered another post". Quite how they square this with "We will not tolerate abuse and work closely with the Police and Social Care if such issues come to our attention" they don't say, but to their credit, they have set up a special NSPCC freephone number to offer such advice as can be trusted from a corrupt organisation that has demonstrated repeatedly just how trustworthy it is.
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 1:48 pm
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 2:07 pm
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14 to 17 year old boys.. Child abuse, but still closeted homosexual teens. I don't know about you guys but I doubt any boy at that age doesn't know if he is gay or straight and being poked is not something that just happens.. You can blame religion, but at those ages you know what sex is and if you are gay or not.
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 2:12 pm
I don't blame religion for this stuff, I blame a cloistered heirarchical organisation known for closing ranks, keeping silent and quietly shuffling offenders to other parishes and fresh victims.
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 2:14 pm
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Has anyone mentioned the sentence yet? If not, I will:
4 years?!? Are you fucking kidding me?
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 2:15 pm
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You're right John, it's not the fault of religion, it's the fault of the dumbass who sticks his dick in an unlawful place. His religion only becomes complicit in his crime when they shuffle him...which they did - and which appears to be a standard operating procedure for said religion.
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Archdeacon of West Cumberland Richard Pratt:
"The Church has failed and let people down."
Well, isn't that the biggest understatement of the millennia?
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 4:25 pm
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 4:32 pm
(November 19, 2012 at 3:56 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: Archdeacon of West Cumberland Richard Pratt:
"The Church has failed and let people down."
Well, isn't that the biggest understatement of the millennia?
I'd expect nothing less from a Dick Pratt.
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RE: Canon fired
November 19, 2012 at 4:37 pm
(November 19, 2012 at 1:46 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Quote:The court was told Johns was demoted by his bishop instead of police being informed of the allegations made by his first victim.
The victim had made an official complaint to the church in 1993. By that time Johns was a canon at Carlisle Cathedral.
Johns made admissions to the then bishop, the late Right Rev Ian Harland, who felt the appropriate sanction was to move him to a church in Caldbeck.
The matter only came to the attention of police this year when another victim complained he had been abused by Johns. ![[Image: t2529.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=yoursmiles.org%2Ftsmile%2Fillness%2Ft2529.gif)
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