When will the Church of England face up to the abuse I suffered in their care?

Editor: Stories like this should continue to help more people point, not to the failure of the institutions themselves, but to the sinfulness of men in general, especially when they have turned their backs on the moral absolutes and belief in the transcendent mystery of the Decalogue.

David Cohen
27.07.10
London Evening Standard


Campaign: Teresa Cooper has been fighting for justice for 18 years, but so far has only been given an out-of-court settlement without apology

A while ago, as Teresa Cooper watched the Archbishop of Canterbury delivering a televised address, she began to shake uncontrollably.

“I saw him say that the Catholic Church in Ireland had lost all credibility' because of their attempts to sweep child abuse under the carpet, and I thought that if he was brave enough to be so outspoken about the Catholics, surely he was going to apologise for what happened to me in his Church, too.”

At the time, Teresa, 43, was just days away from meeting the Archbishop's deputies. They would agree to pay her substantial damages for her claims of having been forcibly drugged, abused and sexually assaulted as a teenager in a children's home run by the Church of England in the Eighties.

Editor: this study suggests that Catholic priests are just as likely as anyone else in the population to commit sex abuse.

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