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The Very Reverend Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield : Safeguarding Failure.

  ( 2019/2020 )
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A whistleblower tells a story of multiple failures to comply with The Bishop's Guidance.
The failures bring disrepute onto Wakefield Cathedral and All Saints Church, Pontefract.

  • Impudent actions by The Very Reverend Simon Cowling.

  • Dean of Wakefield at Wakefield Cathedral.  ( November 2019 )
  • Simon Cowling believes the woman, makes no verification effort.
  • He fails to follow The Bishop's Guidance
  • Superficial examination of the evidence.
  • He takes hasty, unbalanced action
  • He writes to me, excluding me from ringing at Wakefield Cathedral
      pending investigations
  • He promises an investigation. YET: No investigation has started (February 2022)
  • The Police say that both parties SHOULD be treated equally.
      Simon Cowling fails to follow that Police instruction.
  • Total impunity, impenitent elitist.
  • The stress and defamation he started still continues.

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