“I just think it’s appalling, absolutely appalling. I mean, it’s cruel. People are dying, people are dying and (the Prince’s Trust) promised that they would expedite this and they haven’t. Justice is being denied still,”
Glitter, 77, is currently serving a 16 year sentence for sexual offences.
“I do what I’m told. The Holy Father put me here and he tells me to stay here – that’s enough for me.”
"Over many decades, the Church of England failed to protect children and young people from sexual abusers, instead facilitating a culture where perpetrators could hide and victims faced barriers to disclosure that many could not overcome."
The Westminster strand of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said institutions turned ‘a blind eye’ to allegations over decades.
The inquiry found a disparity between the high number of registered sex offenders and the low number of such orders banning foreign travel being made.
A lawyer representing Rotherham child abuse victims said the PM had “juvenile thinking."
For me it beggars belief that the crime of child sexual abuse could be seen as anything other than serious in any interpretation of the law, yet it seems it is not considered serious when it comes to double jeopardy legislation.