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I admire Bishop Bell’s selfless actions against various sorts of oppression, stupidity and mistaken acts of war, which made him unpopular in his lifetime (as any serious Christian must expect to be). These actions probably cost him the Archbishopric of Canterbury, a post he would have adorned. I think his example of genuine Christian courage is a rare and valuable thing, and that it should not lightly be thrown away. This charge is too important to be left untested. I therefore require that, if he is to be charged with the terrible crime of child abuse, that charge is properly examined and proven beyond reasonable doubt before we accept its truth. For if it is true, the rest of his reputation crumbles to ashes and filth. For as the Bible tells us . I do not say that he should be considered simultaneously an exemplar of Christian courage and a paedophile (for me an impossible combination). I say that a charge as serious as this must be properly examined before it is accepted. Like the late Lord Brittan and the late Sir Edward Heath, Bishop Bell is not here to defend himself against the charges levelled against him. But unlike them, he faces accusations made 6. A full summary of the controversy can be found here: http: //hitchensblog. The George Bell Group’s forensic analysis of the case can be found here. But despite idle claims by the Church of England that there had been a civil process, no such hearing took place. Even that (though short of the full protection of a criminal trial) would have required an impartial judge sitting in open court, and lawyers representing the accused who could have cross- examined his accusers. A Secret Hearing with No Defence. All that happened was a secret hearing at which no advocate defended his name. The anonymous committee concluded that there was . How can they not have known? These people have inherited a great treasure, which sits on a table before them, yet they do not even know they own it, let alone how to use it. The Church’s approach has been (let us be polite here) very confused. Here is its initial statement https: //www. A Slippery Document. This slippery document gave the strong impression that George Bell was guilty as charged, without at any stage unequivocally saying so. A mystery remains as to why, even so, three national newspapers, the BBC and two local newspapers all somehow formed the impression that it was a clear statement of guilt and published stories declaring the Bishop guilty from which only the BBC has since (to its credit) climbed down. Coincidence theory (that there are lots of coincidences and that this is *much* more likely than that anyone has privately acted to achieve the apparently co- ordinated result we see, which would of course be a . This statement, we now know, was made at the request of the Church. The police in fact have almost no involvement in charges against dead people, because they cannot be tried and there is therefore no point in arresting or charging them, or in gathering evidence against them. Given that the charges relate to alleged events almost 7. And an arrest is not in any way evidence, let alone proof of guilt. Alas, as hardly anyone in the upper reaches of English society understands English law any more, this simple fact has been little noted. A Prelate in two minds? The Bishop of Durham then said that the Church had not actually said it thought Bishop Bell was guilty. Then he, or someone acting on his behalf, announced that actually it had. See here: http: //hitchensblog. Eventually, at the end of June, the distinguished historian Lord (Alistair) Lexden and others obtained a debate in the House of Lords about historic abuse, in which the George Bell case was a major topic. See herehttps: //www. As of today (Wednesday 1. November 2. 01. 6, almost five months after this announcement) *no further action has been taken on this review* . Can it really be so hard to find anyone independent enough to do it? The reviewer who will undertake this review is independent.’ A sharp intake of breath He also said (and if his hearing is good he will have heard my involuntary sharp intake of breath from the gallery where I was sitting when he said it ) that George Bell’s accuser had spoken to the press . We have been united in the view that we feel every sympathy with the alleged victim. We have not criticised her. We have not criticised the award of compensation to her, or the sympathetic treatment of her by the Church. These are all perfectly reasonable actions in the circumstances . The allegation was made long after the alleged events (which she says took place when she was a child) but it is still a very serious one. They have to accept he might be innocent. We have to accept he might be guilty. Just as the Church has to accept that her accusation remains an allegation until proven beyond reasonable doubt, Bishop Bell’s defenders have to accept that it might one day be so proved. How English Law works - a brief guide. This is how English law works. The court automatically tries the facts as they can be ascertained and proved. If you or I accuse someone of robbing or harming us, however plain it seems to you or me that the accused is guilty, the police and the courts will (quite rightly) insist on treating him or her as innocent until proven guilty, or until he or she admits the charge. It is not an insult to you or me to do so. Nor is it hurtful for the accused person’s lawyer to cross examine you or me on our evidence. We would expect the same if we were the accused. I wrote personally to the Bishop after he said this, asking him what . The Church’s bureaucracy intervened at this point, but of course, as there had been no such remarks, they eventually had to admit that the words spoken in the Lords had been wrong. There was then a blood- out- of- a- stone series of exchanges which led us eventually to this on 4th August : . He is happy to be quoted on all of that. I know Bishop Stephen is happy to be quoted as such, and also happy to acknowledge that he did not intend to suggest that legitimate questions about this case could not be posed by all sides. I hope that was apparent by the tone and content of the rest of his speech where he endeavoured to take seriously and listen carefully to the concerns being raised. Of course in this process people get hurt, even if no hurt was ever intended.’Well, of course what someone . But it is very different to find something hurtful, as a result of a process of justice which requires the testing and proof of all allegations, and to be the object of deliberately hurtful remarks intended to be so. I am still not sure what these . This ended last week, but despite several requests I have yet to hear anything further, nor has he yet put the record straight in the Lords itself. But it is that which projects above the dark waters, where we can see it. That, I suspect, is why the Bishop finds it so difficult to own up and say, in the House of Lords or anywhere else, that the accusation of . For that is what they did.
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