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.

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

Impudent actions by The Very Reverend Simon Cowling.

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