Richard Scorer
@Richard_Scorer
Lawyer, Head of Abuse Law & Public Inquiries @slatergordonuk. Top ranked Legal 500/Chambers. Email: [email protected]. VIEWS OWN
Mandatory reporting laws have been watered down to the point of meaninglessness | Richard Scorer | The Critic Magazine thecritic.co.uk/the-law-is-fai…
Opinion – 23 July 2025 thinkinganglicans.org.uk/opinion-23-jul…
The latest national stats for CSA were published this week. The number of reported CSA offences has increased from last year, yet the number of CSA perpetrators who’ve been charged is less than half the number that were charged last year. Is CSA effectively being…
Excellent from @HadleyFreeman Our children ask about Gaza. This is what we say thetimes.com/article/b22a00…
Mr Thomas's Chop House, Manchester, painting by Anthony Marn. #NorthernArt
Further thought: academia is, or at least should be, a place of exploration, questioning orthodoxies, for free inquiry. Many other fields: the performing arts, the culture industry, many service industries, and activist groups, instead reward conformity and non-questioning. (1)
Powerful witness at CofE Synod. Ms Read says she is here to tell Church leaders that there is an "urgent need" to treat people who report abuse allegations with kindness because "that hasn't been our experience". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
The whole MPs being victims thing needs to stop. Regardless of party. I’m sure Michael Rosen wasn’t aware of that, and if he was - he wouldn’t have done it. You’re paid 100k a year, there are only 650 of you. Please at least try and be serious legislators.
When the former Children’s Laureate makes a joke about not being able to read to a dyslexic MP.
I was a seminarian in Scotland. The college Spiritual Director, Fr Keith O’Brien, spent two years grooming me. He made it clear that he wanted to have a sexual relationship with me. Eventually he was promoted to be rector of a minor seminary ( for boys aged 11-18).
What does it say about our society that a bright 26-year-old from Derbyshire got rich having sex with 1,000 men? I met Bonnie Blue and explore the grim intersection between influencer culture and a generation raised on porn. @thetimes thetimes.com/article/4a3b5b…
Pies, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, crisp sandwiches, Thomas Paine, suet, Charles Dickens, pale ale, Manchester (according to Frederick Engels), association football.
What exactly should English people be proud of?
Important thread on the treatment of a clergy family by Derby Diocese.
Church members only recently learnt that Derby Diocese stopped my husband from moving to another job with this disgusting pack of lies (which breaks UK law) about our family on his reference. After much resistance & delay, Derby had to remove the lies & apologise but damage done.
A huge victory for survivors of anti-gay exorcism, congratulations to @MattDrapps & @Richard_Scorer. And a classic example of a non-apology from the church! Try being sorry for the abusive behaviour & the harm caused.
Gay man accepts settlement after raising complaint about attempted exorcism at Sheffield church churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/…
This is something that is unforgivable and purely evil. When reintroducing the extradition cooperation, have you even thought of how many Hong Kong exiles in this country live in fear of transnational repression every day? The bill and explanatory notes legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/978…
Government plans to reintroduce extradition cooperation with Hong Kong are highly concerning. Why does the Government deem this reasonable when freedom of expression, political freedom and the rule of law in Hong Kong have been crushed by The National Security Law and the…
Conversion therapy: First British person paid damages by church for exorcism of ‘gay demons’ | ITV News. Interviews with my client @MattDrapps and myself on the issues raised by this case itv.com/news/2025-07-2…
At the top, the Church of England is essentially run by a grey English mafia, an old boys club which operates out of a playbook decades past its sell-by.
The Eye, No.1654. 25 July 2025 William Nye Secretary General of Archbishops Council - the most powerful but least accountable person in the Church of England. The CNC to choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury sounds rather too nested ?
The Eye, No.1654. 25 July 2025 William Nye Secretary General of Archbishops Council - the most powerful but least accountable person in the Church of England. The CNC to choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury sounds rather too nested ?
Oh great let’s get a bunch of old Trots, some millennial they/thems and some Islamists in a room and hash it all out. Fun!
Unlike Reform, we’re doing things differently with democracy & inclusivity at the core. From the launch to the party, conference, structures & yes - even the name! - we’re building it together. It might feel unfamiliar to you. It’s called democracy. 🔗 yourparty.uk
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Baroness Lola Young: 'Children in care shouldn't be a route to profit' - Big Issue bigissue.com/news/politics/…
A retired teacher has been arrested under section 12 of the Terrorism Act. His “crime”? Holding up a @PrivateEyeNews cartoon at a Gaza protest that satirised the government’s recent decision to proscribe Palestine Action. Jon Farley, 67, described the experience as “terrifying”,…