The Venerable Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract : 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 Venerable Peter Townley. Archdeacon of Pontefract. ( September 2019 ) Peter Townley starts consultations with the Clergy involved (September 2019). He fails to follow The Bishop's Guidance He fails to follow The Police Instructions Somehow he was given false information about The Police Investigations In January 2020 (over 3 months later) he holds a meeting with the Clergy involved. He writes to me. This letter is extremely upsetting, inaccurate, clearly defamatory, libelous, against my Human rights and Data Protection laws. He says "no further communications". He refuses to engage. He excludes me from ringing at Wakefield Cathedral and at All Saints Pontefract Total impunity, impenitent elitist. The stress and defamation he started still continues.

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 Venerable Peter Townley.
Archdeacon of Pontefract. ( September 2019 )
Peter Townley starts consultations with the Clergy involved (September 2019).
He fails to follow The Bishop's Guidance
He fails to follow The Police Instructions
Somehow he was given false information about The Police Investigations
In January 2020 (over 3 months later) he holds a meeting with the Clergy involved.
He writes to me. This letter is extremely upsetting, inaccurate, clearly defamatory, libelous, against my Human rights and Data Protection laws.
He says "no further communications". He refuses to engage.
He excludes me from ringing at Wakefield Cathedral
and at All Saints Pontefract
Total impunity, impenitent elitist.
The stress and defamation he started still continues.

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The Bishop of Doncaster, The Reverend Leah Vasey-Saunders enacts the Safeguarding failure.

The The Reverend Mark Watkins brings about the Safeguarding failure.

The Very Reverend Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield at Wakefield Cathedral, leads the Safeguarding failure.

The Venerable Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract, executes the Safeguarding failure.

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The Venerable Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract : Safeguarding Failure.

Impudent actions by The Venerable Peter Townley.

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