Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
The sexual abuse scandal in Arundel and Brighton diocese was an episode in the series of Catholic sex abuse cases in various Western countries.
Michael Hill affair
In 2000, Archbishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor found himself subject to public scrutiny regarding a priest in his diocese when he was Bishop of Arundel and Brighton. During this time it was brought to his attention that a priest, Michael Hill, was a child sexual abuser.[1][2]
Instead of reporting Hill to the police, Murphy-O'Connor allowed the crime to be covered up and transferred Hill to Gatwick Airport chapel, where the Cardinal believed he would not be able to molest children. In 1997, Hill was convicted as a child molester and jailed for sexually assaulting nine children. After three years in jail, Hill was given another five years for assaulting three other boys.[3][4]
Christopher Maxwell-Stewart affair
In 2002, Bishop Kieran Conry, the next ordinary of Arundel and Brighton, told The Times that the case of Father Christopher Maxwell-Stewart had not been managed in ways deemed suitable by today's standards.[5]
Tim Garrett affair
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Murphy-O'Connor admitted he would have handled cases differently if existing guidelines were available during the 1980s. He said he might not have allowed Father Tim Garrett, convicted of taking indecent photographs of boys during this time, to move from Portsmouth diocese to Arundel and Brighton.[6]
In 2000, when Murphy-O'Connor became the Archbishop of Westminster, the case became known to the general public.[7]
References
- ^ Cardinal admits he forgot claim of sex abuse by priest from The Daily Telegraph, 7 March 2003, retrieved 8 February 2015
- ^ The leader who caught flies with honey from Catholic Herald Archived January 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Archbishop defends paedophile move from BBC News, 19 July 2000, retrieved 8 February 2015
- ^ Child abuse 'hotspots' uncovered in five Catholic dioceses from The Times, 21 November 2002, retrieved 8 February 2015
- ^ Church admits another sex abuse mistake from The Times, 16 December 2002, retrieved 8 February 2015
- ^ Cardinal takes strict line over sex abuse from The Independent
- ^ BBC Radio 4 Today programme from BBC News, retrieved 8 February 2015
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- Berkhamsted paedophile network
- Birmingham bathing cult
- Chris Denning
- Charlene Downes disappearance
- Greville Janner
- Ian Watkins
- Kidwelly sex cult
- Max Clifford
- Murder of Alesha MacPhail
- Norwich paedophile ring
- Richard Huckle
- Peter Righton
- Ray Teret
- Sheffield incest case
- Sidney Cooke
- South Wales paternal sex abuse case
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- "The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" (Pall Mall Gazette, 1885)
- Speak of the Devil (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
- Paedogeddon (Channel 4, 2001)
- The Execution of Gary Glitter (Channel 4, 2009)
- Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile (ITV, 2012)
- National Treasure (Channel 4, 2016)
- Three Girls (BBC One, 2017)
- Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
- Protection of Children Act 1978
- Children Act 1989
- Sex Offenders Act 1997
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
- Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
- Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009
- Age of consent
- Sexual offences in the UK
- Violent and Sex Offender Register
- Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
- Category:Child abuse UK
- Category:Sex crimes UK