Monday Thoughts

I went to Mass yesterday, wore my mask, didn't care apart from how hot it was and how I struggled to breathe. For some reason some of the words of the C of E creed were running around in my head:
'God's Church, Militant here on Earth', it made me think of those aggressive C of E Senior figures who are part of the major systemic cover-up of abuse and protection of abusers.

This morning's Telegraph has a letter about one Vicar having 9 churches to manage. Angry from Wilton says 'No wonder no one is lining up for the job'. And yet the C of E are still ordaining record numbers of clergy, including many young women who think that they will 'change the church' whereas they soon learn to keep their mouths closed and their bellies up if they want to be anyone. Others who are ordained like the idea of the house, the expenses paid, the dignitary side of it, the respect, etc.
The reality is, some will be driven to a breakdown by the workload, the reality of the work, the red tape that chokes, which was exampled well by the recent forced closure of the buildings even to their own clergy.

The BBC decided to make a headline of a Vicar using chopsticks to distribute communion. The C of E's abuse of the media never ceases to amaze, they turn worship into a joke, not just in their actions but their immediate running to the press. What should be in the media is the extent of cover-up by senior figures, where they accuse abuse victims of being 'mentally ill' to rebuff victims and interested parties. The coldness of some of the leaked emails I have seen from two cases now, is astounding. And sadly safeguarding boards, social services and others, do not dare to question these cold high and mighty religious figures, they tend to collude instead.

A chap on twitter spoke up about how he had been called all kinds of things by the Diocese for asking for safeguarding reform and transparency, the Diocese stated that 'It might damage the church'.

What is really needed is an independent investigation, not the IICSA, too look at the corruption and protection of abusers and treatment of victims. SCIE were used to fake a safeguarding review at one point, and of course hired to do so by the senior leaders who are the most guilty. What a ridiculous thin veil there is between the general public and the C of E's terrible behaviours.
Would you believe that C of E safeguarding is headed by their PR guys? It's true.

I've got a nosebleed, so I will stop there.