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The article reports on a damning review into how the Church in Wales handled allegations of sexual abuse against Anthony Pierce, a priest who eventually rose to become Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Key points include:
– Anthony Pierce was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
– Despite multiple concerns raised between 1986 and 2010, including admissions of inappropriate behavior by Pierce himself, the Church repeatedly failed to take meaningful action.
– The Church’s culture of denial and protecting its reputation allowed Pierce to ascend to senior positions, including becoming a bishop in 1999.
– Several senior figures in the Church, including four Archbishops of Wales (such as Dr Rowan Williams), were implicated in the report for their roles in ignoring or downplaying allegations.
– The alleged victim has died, with his mother expressing that nobody listened or cared, and that support came too late.
– The Church acknowledged the failures, with the current Archbishop Cherry Vann describing the situation as showing “missed opportunities, harmful assumptions and inadequate processes.”
– Pierce was jailed last year for historic sexual abuse of a different boy.
– The review highlighted troubling attitudes, including a distinction made by Church authorities between abuse involving boys versus girls, which downplayed the severity of the allegations.
– The review and public response underscore the devastating consequences of institutional failures to protect vulnerable individuals and properly investigate abuse claims.
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