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Date Posted: 14/05/10 12:24:10pm
Author: anon
Subject: Re: News : Judge: Jesus Fellowship's children 'at risk of abuse'
In reply to: John Campbell 's message, "Re: News : Judge: Jesus Fellowship's children 'at risk of abuse'" on 14/05/10 10:08:11am

>I don't usually post here, but there is a little to
>add by way of further information to my comments
>reported in the newspaper article posted above.
>
>The judge and jury heard the case for and against the
>accused, not about the Jesus Fellowship’s Child
>Protection Policy either in the 1990s or currently.
>
>As a result, the judge’s comments appear to have been
>misdirected.

They may be misdirected in the context of this case but he definitely has a fair point!
>
>The Fellowship’s position is that the welfare of
>children is of paramount importance.

Sorry John, this is not my experience of the JA. My experience is that "the cause" is of paramount importance an that children are tolerated where the parents are committed to the cause. You may need to publically declare that child safety is so important to you but the fact is, it isn't.
>
>The Fellowship has a comprehensive Child Protection
>Policy (publicly available online >target=_blank
>href="http://www.jesus.org.uk/gallery/albums/books_and_
>booklets/documents/Jesus_Fellowship_Church_Child_Protec
>tion_Policy_2007.pdf">here), which is based on a
>model policy from the Churches Child Protection
>Advisory Service. It has been discussed with police
>and Social Services.

good to see you are jumping through the required hoops but it doesn't change the established attitude that kids are adaptable and should be left to it.
>
>Despite the judge’s comments, CRB checks
>are required for employees and
>volunteers working with children or vulnerable adults
>(where legally allowed). As part of the Policy, anyone
>on the Sex Offenders Register is not allowed to live
>in a community house where there are children.

That last statement means nothing at all and you know it. Nobody is CRB checked before living in community and I would be prepared to bet that there are tens of sex offenders who are on the register who live in your community houses!!!
>
>The offences took place in the late 1990’s. CRB
>Disclosures only became available in 2002, and before
>that churches or youth groups had no access to
>information on past convictions. It is unclear how the
>judge came to be misadvised on this fundamental point.
>When CRB Disclosures were introduced, we adopted them
>as part of our procedure.

I am so glad we no longer live in community and my kids are no longer at risk. how about admitting that NCCC has a big problem with nonces and tackling the issue, instead of doing your stupid risk assesments and not doing your crb checks.

CRB checks were introduced in 1997 so why was James not CRB checked after that? I remember him working at Cornhill as late as 2006 so you did have 9 years to do it!!!

And how many boys did he abuse who didnt report it???? I'm sure if you let him get away with it in the late 90s, he did it in the naughties too.

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