no balls Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6594439.stm The Church of England has been accused of covering up child sex abuse carried out by a former choirmaster. Peter Halliday, 61, from Farnborough, was jailed for two-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of boys in Hampshire in the late 1980s. BBC News has learned he admitted to the offences 17 years ago but left the Church quietly on condition he had no more contact with children. The Church of England said it now had "robust" child abuse policies. Halliday, who is married, was also ordered to pay all three victims ?2,000 each, after admitting to 10 counts of abuse at an earlier hearing at Winchester Crown Court. He abused the boys who were in his church choir between 1985 and 1990. Judge Ian Pearson banned Halliday from working with children and said he would be put on the Sex Offenders Register, both for life. Following Halliday's sentencing, the Reverend Mark Rudall, of the diocese of Guildford, said: "I can imagine there is anger on behalf of some of those victims and our heart goes out to them. "But I think also that in accordance with the way things were done in those days the Church can be seen to have done the best it could." In 1990 a young chorister at St Peter's Church in Farnborough told his parents his choirmaster had abused him repeatedly during a period of several years, and he was not the only victim. When your first sexual experience is a 40-year-old man forcing himself on you it's pretty horrific One of the boys Halliday abused His parents told the vicar, who consulted the bishop - but rather than call the police the churchmen advised Halliday he should leave quietly and agree to have no more contact with young children. One of the boys Halliday abused, who was 10 years old at the time, told BBC News: "It was both when I was alone with him and there were others there. "It happened in his house when I was alone with him having individual tuition, but it also happened on trips. It even happened when I was in dormitories with other boys. "I was horrified. When your first sexual experience is a 40-year-old man forcing himself on you it's pretty horrific." The victim thought he had escaped Halliday when the choirmaster left his job in 1990, but he met him again in 1993 on a residential music course where young choirboys were staying and was scared for himself and his friends. The bishop at the time of the abuse, David Wilcox, said they would deal with such a situation differently now because court and police systems had developed. Halliday continued to work with young boys, as a singer with the Royal School of Church Music, which said the child abuse was "entirely unconnected" with the school. It was only when Halliday was charged last year with indecently assaulting children that he gave up his work with the school. Church of England national safeguarding adviser, the Reverend Pearl Luxon, who is responsible for child protection issues, said the Church had "robust policies in place" to deal with child abuse. Child abuse lawyer Richard Scorer said the Church had not dealt very well with child protection until recent times, but that things were improving. In a statement, the Church of England said it was committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children within the Church community. And I'd throw his wife in too if she's still married to the bloody pervert! Edited April 26, 2007 by no balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revdishydave Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 that is sick, and i am disgusted with the church... would you say to osama, 'go on but no more dicking about with explosives'? or should we release ian huntly if he 'promises not to do it again'??? biggest disgrace of all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Church nonces being dealt with by judicial nonces. Another lenient sentence. Apparently the going rate for child abuse is ?2k a throw, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffs Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 2 1/2 years. It beggars beleif. He'll do less than a year and a few months on tag for noncing kids. Filthy c?nt. I can only assume that all folk from the House of Lords down to the Judges themselves, are all either kiddie fiddlers, or sympathise with those who do. Lets not forget that its this lot who made it legal for a fully grown man to f?ck a boy who hasnt left school yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 2 1/2 years. It beggars beleif. He'll do less than a year and a few months on tag for noncing kids. Filthy c?nt. I can only assume that all folk from the House of Lords down to the Judges themselves, are all either kiddie fiddlers, or sympathise with those who do. Lets not forget that its this lot who made it legal for a fully grown man to f?ck a boy who hasnt left school yet. To be fair he did promise not to work with kids again. These days this wopuld be dealt with differently, yeah thye would ship him off abroad somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAT Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 (edited) Stamp on the bent bastards bollocks with ice skates!!A LOT!! Edited April 27, 2007 by SHAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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