Jude Collins isn’t a man afraid to make himself unpopular and I can think of few things more unpopular than a call to look at another side of allegations of sexual abuse against Catholic clergy.
Jude substitutes the Catholic establishment in an article from the Guardian on the effect of false accusations against teachers.
However, unlike the Guardian piece on teachers Jude does not presented a single case that supports his premise of clergy being subject to investigation of and widespread reporting of what turn out to be false allegations.
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