Justin Welby quits after failing to report Church of England serial abuser (morningstaronline.co.uk)

submitted 2 days ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 6 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

Did anyone see the interview with one of his victims on Good Morning Britain this morning? Christ on a bike. The guy said, in a matter-of-fact sort of way that Smyth used to cane him on the arse a couple of hundred lashes once a week or so and he had to wear nappies because of the blood.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

So he should. I don't know how he could live with himself knowing he's allowed the guy to continue his abuse.

[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

He's an ex oil exec isn't he? Amorality (at best) shouldn't be a surprise at this point.

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Because churches and protecting paedos is standard fare.

[-] gedhrel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Well, "senior colleagues" told him not resigning was the thing to do. So add cowardice to the list.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

Same old story, different actors. Somehow leaders convince themselves again and again that ‘protecting the organisation’ is more important than integrity and decency.

this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024

29 points (96.8% liked)

UK Politics

3087 readers

223 users here now

General Discussion for politics in the UK.
Please don't post to both !uk_politics@feddit.uk and !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk .
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric politics, and should be either a link to a reputable news source for news, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread. (These things should be publicly discussed)

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

!ukpolitics@lemm.ee appears to have vanished! We can still see cached content from this link, but goodbye I guess! :'(

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

tom@feddit.uk

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

flamingos@feddit.uk