Alcol in cambio di sesso con minori. Già indagato nel 2004, è sempre al suo posto
Gestiva un “club del sesso” per bambini, prete non allontanato dalla scuola
6 aprile 2017
“club del sesso” per bambini
Padre Jeremy Sierla, 59, accusato di gestire un sex club con i bambini della scuola cattolica. (websource)
Un prete, in Inghilterra, è stato accusato di gestire un “club del sesso” settimanale con ragazzi minorenni. Nonostante le accuse della polizia e l’appello di tenerlo lontano dai bambini, è stato autorizzato a rimanere alla guida della scuola Cattolica, a North Yorks. Jeremy Sierla, 59, continua infatti a vivere all’Ampleforth College, nonostante le molteplici accuse mosse contro di lui. Stando alle dichiarazioni di un ex alunno, il prete invitava i ragazzi nel suo studio, dava loro bevande alcoliche e chiedeva che facessero atti sessuali. Nel 2004 era partita un’inchiesta penale ma non è stata fatta alcuna accusa al prete. La polizia però, era talmente preoccupata che aveva inviato una lettera al Dipartimento dell’Educazione avvisando che padre Jeremy Sierla non doveva essere autorizzato ad avvicinarsi a nessuna scuola. Ma così non fu, e il prete ebbe l’approvazione a rimanere nella scuola di Ampleforth fino al 2012. Il prete ha sempre negato qualsiasi comportamento sbagliato e ha detto di “aver cooperato con le autorità con piacere”. Dopo che l’ex alunno si era fatto avanti, la polizia aveva esaminato il computer del prete trovando varie foto e video dei ragazzi della scuola, foto apparentemente normali, non indecenti, che non avevano però motivo di trovarsi sul computer del prete. Tra queste anche una foto dell’ex alunno che aveva accusato Sierla, ritratto con una rosa in bocca. Inoltre, la polizia ha scoperto che il prete si fingeva una ragazza adolescente e contattava minorenni nelle chat su internet. Il caso venne chiuso per insufficienza di prove e il fascicolo relativo al prete venne distrutto qualche anno fa. Stando alle dichiarazioni dell’Ampleforth College, “è stato un gesto obbligato per proteggere la sicurezza e il benessere di tutti i bambini di cui si occupava il prete”.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-43...lic-School.htmlMonk 'who ran sex club involving young boys' at country's top Catholic School 'remained in his job for eight years after allegations were first made'
Father Jeremy Sierla allegedly ran 'sex club' for boys at Ampleforth College
He remained at Catholic school for eight years after allegations first made
Police told he would make pupils perform sex acts in their pyjamas
Investigation began in 2004 but no charges were ever brought against him
By George Odling For The Daily Mail
PUBLISHED: 01:21 BST, 6 April 2017 | UPDATED: 02:21 BST, 6 April 2017
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Father Jeremy Sierla, pictured, allegedly ran a 'sex club for young boys' at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire
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Father Jeremy Sierla, pictured, allegedly ran a 'sex club for young boys' at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire
A monk who allegedly ran a 'sex club' for young boys was allowed to remain at the country's top Catholic school for years after misconduct claims were first made.
Father Jeremy Sierla, 59, lived and worked at £30,000-a-year Ampleforth College until 2012, despite multiple misconduct allegations made against him more than eight years previously, the Times reported last night.
The monk would summon pupils to his study in their pyjamas, where they were given alcohol and asked to perform sex acts, former students told police in 2004.
A criminal inquiry began in 2004 but no charges were brought against Father Jeremy.
Police were so concerned about him, however, that a letter was written to the Department for Education (DfE) the following year advising that he was kept away from children, the Times reported.
Child protection professionals gave approval for Father Jeremy to remain at Ampleforth, however, and he did so until 2012, when the DfE told the school he should not be allowed on the grounds.
Father Jeremy, 59, has always denied any wrongdoing and said he 'gladly cooperated' with the authorities when he was investigated.
The monk adopted several personas to speak with young males in internet chatrooms, creating usernames including 'EasyGirl19,' police found when they searched his computer in 2004.
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Detectives spoke to more than a dozen young men who attended the school's Junior House between 1990 and 1993 when Father Jeremy was housemaster.
Some recalled the monk whipping boys' bottoms with his habit, encouraging the pupils to tie him up, showering naked with them and putting his hands under their duvets, the Times reported.
Photos and video clips – none indecent - of Ampleforth pupils were found on Father Jeremy's computer, including one of a 12-year-old boy holding a rose in his mouth.
Father Sierla, 59, lived and worked at £30,000-a-year college, pictured, until 2012, despite accusations first being made against him eight years previously
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Father Sierla, 59, lived and worked at £30,000-a-year college, pictured, until 2012, despite accusations first being made against him eight years previously
The investigation was triggered when the same boy, in his early 20s by 2004, made allegations to police about abuse he claimed Father Jeremy had subjected him to.
The monk was not charged after prosecutors ruled there was insufficient evidence against him, and the CPS said the case file was destroyed years ago, the Times reported.
Father Jeremy continued to work in the abbey shop from 2004 to 2012 and posed for photographs to promote Ampleforth's own brand Abbey Beer.
A music teacher who joined Ampleforth in 2004 was jailed last week for sexually abusing a female student during violin lessons.
An police investigation was launched into his conduct at the Yorkshire Catholic school, pictured, in 2004 but no charges were ever brought against him
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An police investigation was launched into his conduct at the Yorkshire Catholic school, pictured, in 2004 but no charges were ever brought against him
Dara de Cogan, 58, received a 28-month sentence and will be on the sex offenders register for a decade.
A school spokesman said that Father Jeremy's continued presence at Ampleforth was approved at a meeting of safeguarding professionals in 2004 and that his case was reviewed again in 2007 by an independent safeguarding commission.
It took a further five years before the Department for Education (DfE)told Ampleforth he should not be allowed on school grounds.
TheDfE said that it was unable to discuss individual cases but stressed it was 'paramount that children are protected at school and that there are robust safeguards in place'.
It added: 'Where schools fail to meet standards, we will not hesitate to take action.'
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