“If a bishop, priest or deacon is convicted of a criminal offence against children and is sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of 12 months or more, then it would normally be right to initiate the process of laicisation. Failure to do so would need to be justified. Initiation of the process of laicisation may also be appropriate in other circumstances.”
(Nolan, 2001, 3.5.32, p44).

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Could you make it up? - Father William Green, Caritas Salford and the Ogben Family Charitable Trust

See
http://paulmalpas.com/laicisation-or-licensed-freedom-that-is-the-question-for-the-salford-diocese/ for some interesting observations on the behaviour of 'charities' in the Diocese of Salford.

Paul's blog refers to the  Hogben Family Trust as the owners of the building near St Bede's College where William Green was housed earlier this year; a technicality which allowed the CEO of Salford Caritas to assure me that Green was not, in fact, accommodated in a property 'owned' by his organisation!

Further research now reveals that the Hogben Family Charitable Trust is a "Removed Charity" which "ceased to exist" on 2 July 2009 (see  http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/RemovedCharityMain.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1114551&SubsidiaryNumber=0 )
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