In a Guardian interview,Joe describes how a C of E priest assaulted him 39 years ago as the church is due to publish a review into its handling of the case
For almost 40 years, Joe has struggled to be heard by the Church of England over the sexual abuse that has blighted his life. The depression, and anxiety and occasional suicidal thoughts that maintain dogged him since he was a teenager were,he says, as much the product of the church’s failure to listen to and act on his anguish as the original assault in 1976.
He speaks of a culture of inertia, or obfuscation,denial and cover-up. “I raised core, critical issues with a very meaningful senior slice of the church down through the decades. I told an astonishing number of people.”
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Source: theguardian.com