Tom Scotney

Well, I had a fun time bullying West Midlands Police about their conduct
over paedophile priests in the 1970s and 1980s last week.

Now they’re trying to get their own back by complaining about this story in
today’s paper about an abuse victim’s campaign for justice.

They claim they did investigate the Catholic church thoroughly at the time,
which their victim denies absolutely. Unfortunately – or perhaps not – for
the cops, they say they’ve lost the documentation left to prove it. How
convenient. Understandably the victim is spitting feathers, considering how long he’s
spent looking for some recognition. I’m hoping to meet him this week and
we’ll be hammering out some questions that need answers:

• Why did it take 20 years, and multiple official complaints from the victim
  to get any sort of answer from West Midlands Police?
• Why has the press, and the victim, been kept in the dark to such an extent
  over the years?
• Will they be moving to extradite this priest - living the high life in
  California decades after his alleged crimes?
• Why did they claim not to know where he is, despite the man being exposed
  and confronted on the BBC?
• Will they be paying compensation?

And many more. Answers to come? Don’t hold your breath…