Caldey Island abuse monks 'cruel' to victims

Bu içerikte, Güney Galler’den Rebecca’nın çocukken ada yaşamını, denizde yüzmeyi ve yaban sümbülü ormanlarında yürümeyi sevdiği ancak çocuk cinsel istismarı mağdurlarının yaşadığı acıları anlatan bir içerik yer almaktadır. Caldey Adası’nda yaşayan rahiplerin çocuk istismarıyla ilgili yapılan bir inceleme sonucunda ortaya çıkan detaylar, mağdurların duygusal ve fiziksel acılarını içermektedir. Rebecca’nın kişisel hikayesine ve yaşadığı travmalara odaklanan içerik, ada üzerindeki yaşanan istismarın nasıl yıllarca görmezden gelindiğini ve kapatılmaya çalışıldığını aktarmaktadır. Ada üzerindeki Cistercian rahiplerin ve diğer görevlilerin işlediği suçlar, mağdurların yaşamlarını nasıl etkilediğini ve adalet arayışlarını ele almaktadır. Mağdurların duygusal ve psikolojik travmaları, adalet arayışları ve yaşadıkları acılar içerikte detaylı bir şekilde anlatılmaktadır. Bu içerikte, Caldey Adası’ndaki bir manastırda yaşanan ciddi ihmaller ve liderlik başarısızlıkları ele alınıyor. İnceleme, cinsel istismar iddialarının yetkililere bildirilmediğini ve kurbanlara karşı gereksiz düşmanca bir tutum sergilendiğini belirtiyor. Ayrıca, ada üzerinde konaklama ve istihdam düzenlemelerinin tutarsız olduğu ve bu durumun abbey’e bağımlılığı artırdığı vurgulanıyor. Manastırın yeni başrahibi, kurbanların haklarına saygı duyulması ve şeffaflığın artırılması için önlemler alındığını belirtiyor. İnceleme sonucunda yapılan 12 önerinin tamamının hayata geçirileceği ifade ediliyor. Ayrıca, çocuk cinsel istismarı mağdurlarına destek ve bilgi sağlayan kuruluşların detaylarının “bbc.co.uk/actionline” adresinde bulunabileceği belirtiliyor. Bu içerikte, içerik açıklaması oluşturulduğu belirtilmiştir. İçerik açıklaması, bir içeriğin içeriğini, amacını ve hedef kitlesini açıklayan kısa bir metindir. İçerik açıklaması, okuyuculara içeriğin ne hakkında olduğunu anlamalarına yardımcı olur ve içeriğin ilgi çekici olup olmadığı konusunda bir fikir verir. Ayrıca, içerik açıklaması, içeriğin SEO (arama motoru optimizasyonu) açısından da önemlidir, çünkü arama motorları içerik açıklamasını içeriği değerlendirmek için kullanabilir. Bu içeriğin içeriğinin özeti ve önemli noktaları içeren bir içerik açıklaması oluşturulması gerekmektedir. Bu içerik, bir ürün veya hizmet hakkında detaylı bilgiler içermektedir. İçeriğin amacı, okuyucuların ürün veya hizmet hakkında daha fazla bilgi edinmelerine ve karar vermelerine yardımcı olmaktır. İçerik, ürünün özelliklerini, faydalarını, kullanım alanlarını ve fiyatını detaylı bir şekilde açıklamaktadır. Okuyucuların ürün veya hizmet hakkında daha fazla bilgi edinmelerine ve satın alma kararı vermelerine yardımcı olacak şekilde hazırlanmıştır.
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Rebecca, from south Wales, said her childhood living on a beautiful island where she enjoyed swimming in the sea and walking through bluebell woods, had been stolen

BBC Rebecca has long dark hair and is wearing a green and cream polo neck sweater. She is sitting on the stairs with her hands on her lap and looking over the bannister into the camera. There is a plant with big green leaves behind her. She is not smiling. — Rebecca, from south Wales, said her childhood living on a beautiful island where she enjoyed swimming in the sea and walking through bluebell woods, had been stolen

Victims of child sexual abuse were treated in a heartless, hostile and cruel way by monks on a remote island, a safeguarding review has found.

One survivor says the way she has been treated since her time on Caldey Island has made the effects of the abuse “a million times worse”.

The review said frequent allegations of abuse had been made but not followed up on or reported to police, and the lack of challenge had enabled a monk to abuse children over four decades “in plain sight”.

Caldey Abbey commissioned the report, and its new abbot apologised for the pain and suffering caused.

Rebecca lived on Caldey Island, off the coast of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, for the first five and a half years of her life.

The island and all the property on it are owned by a group of Cistercian monks and tens of thousands of tourists visit each year.

As well as the monks, there are lay people who live and work there.

Between the late 1960s until 1992, a resident monk, Father Thaddeus Kotik, sexually abused children who lived and visited the island, a review said.

Rebecca is one of 16 survivors who have shared their stories with consultant social worker Jan Pickles, who was commissioned by the abbey to write the review.

Kotik would groom Rebecca and other children with the promise of sweets, chocolate and other gifts.

He would then abuse them.

“I tried to get away, but I couldn’t,” Rebecca said.

“His hands were really rough and he was holding me too tightly. It hurt.”

Rebecca’s first memories of abuse are from when she was three or four

Rebecca Rebecca aged about four years old sits on an old fashioned looking sofa, her arm over the arm rest. She is wearing a green and cream tartan dress which has a big white collar. The photo is from the 1980s. Rebecca has short dark hair, freckles on her nose and is looking past the camera at someone else in the room. — Rebecca’s first memories of abuse are from when she was three or four

The abuse continued throughout her time on Caldey and the effects have lasted a lifetime, Rebecca said.

As a teenager, she had feelings of self-hatred and worthlessness, and could not make friends.

Her feelings led her to self-harm and even several suicide attempts.

“I don’t know how I survived, it was terrible,” she said.

As an adult it has affected her ability to work and trust people.

Had it not been for her husband, she said, she “probably wouldn’t be here”.

Rebecca was one of six women to receive a “meagre” amount of compensation from the abbey in a civil claim in 2017, but it came without an apology.

She said it had felt like “hush money”.

“The many cover-ups over the years have made the effects of the abuse a million times worse,” Rebecca added.

“I felt re-victimised over and over again by the way we were all treated.

“You go back to feeling [like] that victim when you were a young child, helpless.”

Kotik died in 1992 without being interviewed, charged or convicted. The review says he appears to have been able to “roam the island with his victims and at no point appears to have been challenged”

Father Thaddeus Kotik stands in front of the walls of Pembroke Castle. He is wearing a black habit. He is bald, with a little dark hair on the sides of his head. He is smiling into camera. — Kotik died in 1992 without being interviewed, charged or convicted. The review says he appears to have been able to “roam the island with his victims and at no point appears to have been challenged”

Report author Jan Pickles said the abbey had responded in a “heartless way” to victims who were “very vulnerable and very damaged” by what had happened “at the hands of a monk, part of its community”.

Rebecca said the review had “done justice to her truth” and the abbot’s apology was better than nothing but had come too late.

She said: “Learning that the abuse went back as far as the 1960s makes me feel even more angry and upset, because how many times could they have done something about it?

“I don’t think they’re men of God.

“They never have been, they don’t answer to anyone. It’s hypocrisy in the worst way. They’re living a lie.”

The review outlined several missed opportunities, and said there appeared to have been a failure of leadership at the highest level.

It said repeated and frequent allegations of sexual abuse against Kotik had not been reported to the authorities as the law of that time required.

In addition, the review said the “unnecessary adversarial response” had further damaged victims and their families.

“This strategy has led the abbey’s approach to be seen as hostile and cruel,” it said.

Two of the three solicitors representing victims described responses from the abbey and their legal team as “the most hostile” they had ever received from any organisation.

One of the survivors was even threatened with legal action and another described as a “fantasist”, the review found.

The abbey on Caldey Island is home to seven Cistercian monks

An enormous white and terracotta abbey sits on a small hill above he village on Caldey Island. It was designed by Cardiff architect John Coates Carter under the direction of Abbot Aelred Carlisle and has a distinct style. It is surrounded by a small stone wall, grass and plants. There is a single lane path or small road that lies in front of it. — The abbey on Caldey Island is home to seven Cistercian monks

The review said other sex offenders had spent time on Caldey, including Paul Ashton, who lived there for seven years using an alias while on the run from police.

He had unrestricted access to the IT system and used it to download indecent images of children.

A visitor who discovered his true identity informed police and he was later jailed.

The visitor believed he had been operating a child pornography distribution network from the island, masquerading as a cleaning company.

The review also described the inconsistent arrangements around tenancies and employment on the island.

It said tenancies for the homes, owned by the abbey, were awarded and withdrawn “for reasons unknown”.

The unstable conditions, unaccountable decisions and lack of formal rights “contributed to a dependence on the abbey’s goodwill”, it said.

That meant people living there might have been reluctant to do anything that might risk them losing their homes or jobs.

Father Jan Rossey, who took on the role of abbot last year, said safeguarding was now his priority and he had put measures in place to ensure the correct response to any allegations would be followed.

“I give my sincere apologies,” he said.

“I’m very sorry for all the suffering but also afterwards, for [victims] not being listened to.

“It’s heart-breaking to read those stories.”