Deputy Montfort Tadier, who was there with other members of Reform Jersey to support their candidate, tried to raise a point of order: “How can you allow a question about God, who may not exist, and a lot of people don’t believe in, when you don’t allow a question about child protection?”
It is ironic that a report about the church in Jersey in 2013, noted of a churchwarden that:
"He is too tactile, stands too close to women, touches too much/inappropriately. His manner was deemed to be inappropriate to such an extent that he was chaperoned within the church when in close proximity to women."
No action was taken against the churchwarden, but clearly it was inappropriate for him to be in such a position of trust within the church.
Indeed, some lay readers and female members of clergy were warned to be on their guard on being alone with him, no doubt in case he demonstrated his tactility!
Perhaps Mr Avery should have been asked what he thought about that kind of situation, and how it managed to fit into a framework of faith in God!
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Excellent point(s) Tony.
I was at that hustings and it was another one of those occasions where I thought I'd stepped back in time (about a hundred years).
A victim of online grooming plucked up the courage to ask a question about child protection and was treated like a leper by certain members of the congregation. Candidate Jeremy Macon objected to the question and the Chair agreed and disallowed it. it was the same with the next question about child protection, it was disallowed.
It reminded me of when the disgraced former Bailiff, and Gavin Ashenden, held a public meeting at Grouville to smear Abuse survivor HG in order to protect the church and the then Dean Bob Key.
Deputy (at the time) Bob Hill was the only person at that meeting who showed ANY support for the victim.
You, and your readers, can witness that appalling spectacle HERE.
Not all who call themselves Christians are Christians. Don't judge God by these heretics!
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