UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
November 13, 2018
Child sexual abuse victims were treated like “third class citizens” and “a scourge” by a Roman Catholic Archdiocese, a survivor has claimed.
An inquiry is examining Birmingham Archdiocese’ response to allegations made against four priests including Father John Tolkien, son of novelist JRR Tolkien, who died in 2003.
Fr Tolkien allegedly forced a boy to kneel and pray with his trousers down.
The survivor said he was told he was chosen “for a very special position”.
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