I'm saying, as I've said before that man-made religious institutions, have a long and chequered history, like many organisations and ' clubs' appear to exist to serve themselves, and are not above reprimand or criticism.

Yes I am 'prejudiced' or whatever against organised religion particularly the substantial Anglican/Catholic institutions who effectively are two sides of the same coin in historical terms. I am as repelled by them as I am currently by our parliamentarians. They are hypocritical and do more damage than do good. They are extremely wealthy organisations with considerable land holdings and investments worth millions. Many own huge tracts of valuable land in the strangest of places which they continue to sit on. All of this money goes into preserving the status quo and visibility of their priests/clergy. If they really want to demonstrate Christian spirit why not sell it up and give to those who need it most.

I respect sects like the Quakers and the Salvation Army who quietly and passionately do a lot of good work in the community without needing to accumulate great wealth and dominate. I respect the people who do lots of excellent community work at the Normanton Street Church ,and the vicar and committed people of the church on the corner of Brockley Rise and Wickham Road (can't remember the name of the Church ) who do a lot of work for homeless people locally. That to me is the acceptable face of organised religion as opposed to huge faceless organisations who seem to exist to perpetuate and serve themselves.

Finally I would expect people of faith to be banging down the doors of the relevant institutions in the news this week, demanding justice, due compensation, and support for the people affected by these various crimes- not sitting on the sidelines being defensive. The rot within has been exposed, time to get on and deal with it.