UNITED KINGDOM
Chichester Observer
A REPORT into how a child sex offender was able to use church networks to abuse boys has been published today (Tuesday, July 8) – ten years after it was completed.
The CARMI report, published by the Diocese of Chichester and Chichester Cathedral, was commissioned following the conviction of Terence Banks in May, 2001, for a string of sex offences.
Banks, referred to as CO1 in the report, was convicted of 32 sexual offences against 12 boys over 29 years.
The report was commissioned by the previous Bishop of Chichester, The Rt Rev’d Dr John Hind following the trial and was completed in 2004.
However, today is the first time it has been published in full.
Ashamed
In a joint statement, the Bishop of Chichester, Dr Martin Warner and the Cathedral Chapter said:
“Today, as we publish this report, first and foremost our thoughts are with the survivors and their families.
“The effects of abuse can last a lifetime and the passing of the years may or may not have resulted in any kind of healing.
“As Christians we are profoundly ashamed of abuse that has happened in church or church institutions.
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