Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

People don't always abide by the law of the land. The church is about forgiveness and once the sentence has been served is the slate clean? DBS checks should now show up his conviction but people can be manipulative and not accepting of reality.

After Rick Slater died in 1990, a man called Dr Ken Little was brought in to assist those who needed it, as the school psychologist. I tried to contact him last summer to pass on some family news. I tried an old email address, several months later a reply from an unnamed person to say he'd died. I r...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anglican-church-could-bring-back-the-power-to-defrock-priests-because-of-sexual-abuse-of-children-10384247.html This is from 2015. If I understand correctly the permission to officiate can be removed. The synod met recently but I've not seen any report...

Alius ultima Thule:

https://youtu.be/cO9FTvQex1g

Didn't Baker oppose the merger which is why he was removed from post and Hansford drafted in to oversee the conjoining of the schools with the headmistress of Hertford?

peter2095 wrote: “The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is expected to look at boarding schools later this year.” Does anyone know whether this has happened yet? Also a thought has just occurred to me. If CH doesn't want to participate in an inquiry, might there be other options? It can't...

Re: How far did the rot spread? by Janey Jam-Jar » Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:37 am Fair enough if you disagree. Don't tell me I'm naive and my opinion is ridiculous though. Sorry Janey Jam Jar. When my kids left enthusiastically each term for their happy and successful boarding school careers they didn’t...

Yamaha, my feelings are running fairly high at the moment. Being told my opinions are naive or ridiculous is how I was treated when I was younger and subsequently at a massively critical moment at school that ultimately went tits up. I don't appreciate it as an adult, but now I have the nerve to say...

Re: How far did the rot spread? Post by Janey Jam-Jar » Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:20 am Please read Nick Duffell on the subject of boarding ('The Making of Them' and 'Trauma, Abandonment & Privilege') and Joy Schaverien ('Boarding School Syndrome'). I thought there was something inherently wrong with ...

Please read Nick Duffell on the subject of boarding ('The Making of Them' and 'Trauma, Abandonment & Privilege') and Joy Schaverien ('Boarding School Syndrome'). I thought there was something inherently wrong with me, that I never truly adjusted into what was expected of me. There wasn't anythin...

Girls houses were Leigh-Hunt A & B (changed from a boys house in 88 I think - Julian will know) Barnes A & B Coleridge A & B Only one side of L-H changed first I seem to remember. My mate departed Col A to furrow the new ground there. 1988 sounds about right. The other side was still a ...

At the merger (1985) the girls houses, as outlined by marty above, continued as they had done at Hertford, with 2nd form through to Grecians in one house. Junior dorm (2nd form - LE) downstairs, seniors (UF - Grecians) upstairs in cubies. LE might have been junior dorm monitors but otherwise Grecian...

“The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is expected to look at boarding schools later this year.” Does anyone know whether this has happened yet? Also a thought has just occurred to me. If CH doesn't want to participate in an inquiry, there might be other options. It can't have functioned ...

I can't say that I was ever abused ... but it does leave me thinking that I was one of many who had a lucky escape. Someone messaged me the same thing, feeling lucky they came out of school not having been abused. It's a low standard. Ofsted fail. The very least my kids come out of (so-called 'bog-...

sejintenej wrote: ↑Sun Jul 15, 2018 2:47 pm b) remember the last government enquiry when it was found (AFAIR) that the suicide was not the fault of overenthusiasticand violent use of punishments by CH masters.

When was this, sejintenej?