The Chief Minister of Jersey struts the corruption and wrongdoing proudly...

The Chief minister of Jersey has no time to deal with serious misconduct by Philip Bailhache, including breaches of the data protection act, but he has time to spend taxpayers money on going to England to demand a report that he has been told, with evidence, is conflicted by Philip Bailhache's involvement! And he promoted Philip Bailhache to External affairs minister post for his open hatred in the press against a vulnerable adult he had never met and his illegal actions.

No publication date in sight for church abuse report

Thursday 22 October 2015

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There are still no plans to publish a report into how the Jersey church handled an allegation of sexual abuse of a vulnerable person by a churchwarden, despite a delegation from Jersey meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury earlier this month.

The 2008 incident led to the temporary suspension of the head of Jersey’s Anglican Church – The Dean, Bob Key – but a report commissioned by the Bishop of Winchester found that no disciplinary action should be taken against him.

A follow-up report by former High Court judge Dame Heather Steel into the process that the church in Jersey followed when the abuse complaint was first made was completed in June last year, but it has not yet been published.

Chief Minister Ian Gorst met the Archbishop along with Lieutenant-Governor General Sir John McColl and Bailiff William Bailhache in Canterbury at the start of the month to try to resolve the issue – Senator Gorst has previously said that he wants the Steel report to be published .

A joint statement from the Archbishop, the Chief Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor and the Bailiff said that a meeting had taken place, but gave no indication of if or when the report would be made public.

The statement said: “The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Dover met with the Lieutenant Governor, Bailiff and Chief Minister of Jersey in Canterbury on 9 October to discuss the way forward for the Church in the Island.

“The Insular parties made strong representations to the Archbishop and the Bishop of Dover for early compliance with the terms of reference of Dame Heather Steel’s Investigation following the Korris Review into Safeguarding.”

And the Chief Minister has been told that this report is conflicted!

No publication date in sight for church abuse report

Thursday 22 October 2015

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There are still no plans to publish a report into how the Jersey church handled an allegation of sexual abuse of a vulnerable person by a churchwarden, despite a delegation from Jersey meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury earlier this month.

The 2008 incident led to the temporary suspension of the head of Jersey’s Anglican Church – The Dean, Bob Key – but a report commissioned by the Bishop of Winchester found that no disciplinary action should be taken against him.

A follow-up report by former High Court judge Dame Heather Steel into the process that the church in Jersey followed when the abuse complaint was first made was completed in June last year, but it has not yet been published.

Chief Minister Ian Gorst met the Archbishop along with Lieutenant-Governor General Sir John McColl and Bailiff William Bailhache in Canterbury at the start of the month to try to resolve the issue – Senator Gorst has previously said that he wants the Steel report to be published .

A joint statement from the Archbishop, the Chief Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor and the Bailiff said that a meeting had taken place, but gave no indication of if or when the report would be made public.

The statement said: “The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Dover met with the Lieutenant Governor, Bailiff and Chief Minister of Jersey in Canterbury on 9 October to discuss the way forward for the Church in the Island.

“The Insular parties made strong representations to the Archbishop and the Bishop of Dover for early compliance with the terms of reference of Dame Heather Steel’s Investigation following the Korris Review into Safeguarding.”

And at last BBC Jersey record it

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Jersey Care Inquiry: Police chief suspension review 'missed evidence'

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Image captionIn 2010, Graham Power's suspension was described as unfair by the Napier Report and he said he had been exonerated

Important evidence was missed in a review into the suspension of a police chief who was accused of mishandling a historical abuse inquiry, a former Jersey politician has claimed.

Bob Hill told the island's care inquiry key witnesses were not interviewed.

He said the review in 2008 failed to quiz a minister and police officers.

In 2010, Graham Power's suspension was described as unfair in the Napier Report and he said he had been exonerated.

Mr Hill - a former member of the Health and Social Services Committee - told the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry the Home Affairs Minister Wendy Kinnard responsible during the police investigation was not interviewed.

He added that London police officers, who wrote a report allegedly used to suspend Mr Power, were also not interviewed.

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Image captionThe Independent Jersey Care Inquiry is investigating child abuse in Jersey's care system including the Haut de la Garenne care home

In November 2008, Mr Power, who was the chief of police, was suspended over his handling of Operation Rectangle - the historical child abuse investigation.

His performance became subject to a separate £1m investigation by Wiltshire Police and Mr Power accused ministers of "a state-sponsored, taxpayer-funded personal vendetta".

He said politicians "interfered" with police investigations and "closed ranks" with civil servants.

Mr Power was suspended in 2010, but no charges were brought against him.

Mr Hill told the inquiry he was not aware of child abuse at Haut de La Garenne care home until the police investigation in 2008 was made public.

The inquiry is investigating child abuse in Jersey's care system since 1945 and is focusing on - but is not restricted to - Haut de la Garenne during the 1960s.

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In loving memory

October is all anniversaries
including your death and mine,
two weeks apart.
a year apart

six years
and five years now
2009
and 2010

and I am sitting here
and suddenly I remember you clearly
a few days early 
I cry

I remember that you thought it was a good lullaby for us as children
but you were autistic
so it isn't that surprising
and it is a good lullaby anyway:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBOOmkMLmI

I sang it to you as you lay dying
and we were alone
the others had gone to get drunk
so I sang you the same lullaby, 
while my world crashed round me 
and you slept peacefully

Philip Bailhache is conveniently missing from the white hats and the baddies gallery on the JEP front page today

A reminder to the Church about PR stunts while they fail to manage their own affairs

Dear Church of England,

I see you are trying to get yourselves some limelight of the migrants and refugees again.

Would that be anything to do with your recent scandal regarding Peter Ball in the press?

Oh, of course not, yes it is.

You haven't delivered a 'stinging attack' on David Cameron, he and the government including your own, Eric Pickles and Theresa May consistently and persistently protect your corruption and wrongdoing.

Jesus made it extremely clear that he considered the Pharisees' attitude of loving to be seen doing good deeds as wrong before God.
'They will get their reward here on earth' was his attitude.
And it will be the same with your empty, vainglorious noise about refugees to try and give the Church's reputation a boost after a little bit of your endemic corruption was accidentally exposed through the Peter Ball case.

Why not try putting your own houses in order before continuing your PR stunts? You publicly and illegally destroyed abuse victim HG and have left her suffering after you publicly condoned her abusers and the corrupt hierachy in your church who destroyed her.
So, from your palaces and with your wealth, what does your understanding of refugees come to apart from making yourselves feel good and getting some acclaim from the press and from less informed members of the public?

Every time you show off after some of your corruption is exposed, it is a kick in the teeth for your victims.
You recently promised an independent inquiry into the corruption surrounding Peter Ball, but seeing as Paul Butler was in office and did nothing about Ball, and seeing as you have previously emptily  offered the Chichester and Kendall House victims an independent inquiry, and never provided it, please could you expend less energy showing off and more on dealing with the corruption and lawlessness of your own church?

Do you recall publicly destroying HG in what you claimed was an independent inquiry? Carried out only by hand picked conflicted and church members? And where is HG now? Has she had any justice or been recompensed for the damage?

Please stop insulting people's intelligence by your showing of on the back of yet another engineered crisis, it is disgusting, and Jesus Himself would be horrified, is horrified.

Your duplicity and attention-seeking stunts seem to know no bounds, but the one thing you won't address is why a club of wealthy old men and women, which is all the CofE is, can spend so much energy on showing off at the expense of the vulnerable while claiming to be Christians, and yet not do the one thing that Jesus asked of you - sell your homes and your wealth, and give it to the poor who you are using for your PR stunts.

Fake play acting with your protector, David Cameron is nothing to do with God or helping anyone, so please be quiet.
I guess the Archbishop has lost that Bible I sent him earlier this year after enduring another bout of his showing off, I had better send him another one, he obviously didn't have time to read it.

I would like to know why the church consistently interfere in matters that don't concern them, after all, these refugees aren't going to be invited to your palaces except as slaves, are they? And typically the church distantly send money to people they will never meet or know, and use such people for their own acclaim and ego, but when have you ever delivered a fake PR stunt attack on your protector David Cameron regarding the abuse victims who have suffered years of abuse in your own institutions and others, and who you continue to further fail with false promises of independent inquiries while shredding the documents for example of confessions etc?

As was recently stated, the church can't police themselves. And it is ludicrous that after your press stunts that include Paul Butler 'paying tribute' to a suicide victim who's blood is on Paul Butler's hands and the hands of all Bishops present when Peter Ball was allowed to go on officiating after being cautioned, you want to show off and demand attention over refugees! Pathetic.

JJ