UNITED KINGDOM
ITV News
November 13, 2018
By Charlotte Cross
Harrowing details of violent and sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests in the Midlands have been revealed today.
An inquiry panel has heard how for years, claims by victims and survivors were ignored, minimised and brushed under the carpet by senior figures in the Archdiocese of Birmingham – with suggestions the police may have been aware of what was going on.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is spending this week looking into the way the Archdiocese – the biggest such province in England and Wales – handled reports of abuse.
On the second day of hearings, the panel heard from a survivor known as A31, who was targeted by former priest James Robinson; as well as a man who says he was abused by Father John Tolkien, the son of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien.
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