ANONYMITY HINDERS RAPE AND ABUSE VICTIMS
Unfortunately, the anonymity that is meant to assist rape and abuse victims can actually obstruct their restoration and muddle the handling of this gross evil in society.
Instead of being able to target and convict dangerous paedophiles and abusers, the whole issue has become embroiled in confusion over questions of consent within relationships, the effects of alcohol, the clumsiness of how we handle sexuality and its close links to identity, morality, personality and the political, emotional and psychological ramifications of sexual encounters interfacing with family, colleagues and sense of self.
Miscarriages of justice will be legion unless there can be a frank and open debate about such matters, but that can only happen if the present anonymity is removed and the facts of cases and the full details about the victims and their abusers are made known.
The fear that this would deter victims from giving evidence must be balanced with the reality that consigning a victim, to a lifetime of anonymity entraps them within a mothballed experience of rape and abuse, that by never being exposed to the light of normality, retains its destructive power.
The present system is also unaccountable, giving too much power and secrecy to the police, the legal profession and the courts.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/funding-to-prevent-rape-inadequate-as-reports-rise-25vb7whf2
Instead of being able to target and convict dangerous paedophiles and abusers, the whole issue has become embroiled in confusion over questions of consent within relationships, the effects of alcohol, the clumsiness of how we handle sexuality and its close links to identity, morality, personality and the political, emotional and psychological ramifications of sexual encounters interfacing with family, colleagues and sense of self.
Miscarriages of justice will be legion unless there can be a frank and open debate about such matters, but that can only happen if the present anonymity is removed and the facts of cases and the full details about the victims and their abusers are made known.
The fear that this would deter victims from giving evidence must be balanced with the reality that consigning a victim, to a lifetime of anonymity entraps them within a mothballed experience of rape and abuse, that by never being exposed to the light of normality, retains its destructive power.
The present system is also unaccountable, giving too much power and secrecy to the police, the legal profession and the courts.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/funding-to-prevent-rape-inadequate-as-reports-rise-25vb7whf2
ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE IS INNOCENT-HE HELPED STOP A PAEDOPHILE
http://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/press-release-concerning-met-police.html
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man.
To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression
is truly an act of a pure heart."
posted by Bishop Jonathan Blake | 4:11 PM
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