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Sitting at my kitchen table, browsing the news online as I choked down some dinner before a night shift, I hit one of the lowest points of my career. Among the articles was a report about the growing number of heavily pregnant women left alone or sent away in labour, only to face hours of solitary pain or even having to give birth at the roadside on their way to hospital. Like a commuter rubbernecking at a rush-ho
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The Roman Catholic church was accused today of using the legal system to suppress evidence of clerical sex abuse after a Jesuit-run school lost an appeal against a court ruling giving a former pupil the right to pursue a 拢5m civil action.The decision by the court of appeal was described by lawyers representing child abuse victims as a blow at the church s cul
stanley cup ture of secrecy and denial that would embolden other victims to come forward.Governors at Preston Catholic college had argued that the claim by Patrick Raggett, 52, came outside the legal time limit.Richard Scorer, an officer of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, s
stanley cup usa aid: The church refused to believe Mr Raggett s account of the abuse and tried to have his claim struck
stanley quencher out on technical grounds to do with time limits. The church claims to be facing up to child abuse amongst priests. If that is the case, it needs to stop trying to use the legal system to suppress evidence of abuse 鈥?it needs to listen to victims, learn from them, compensate them fairly and cleanse itself so that this shocking abuse does not occur in future. Raggett alleges that, while he was naked, Father Michael Spencer 鈥?who taught at the school and died in 2000 aged 76 鈥?measured him to chart his growth , filmed him performing exercises, photographed him and touched him inappropriately.In earlier court appearances, Raggett said the ordeal had severely affected his personal relationships and his career as a City lawyer.
