The Lay Community of Saint Benedict

 

The Lay Community Of St Benedict recently interviewed Abbot Cuthbert Brogan for their series of podcasts

 It came to my notice on their facebook page and I commented thus:

 If this is difficult to read you wont find it on the LCSB facebook page anymore (Try here ) because they have removed it citing that their safeguarding thought it might be "Triggering" to others! Well, I have found alot of comfort in the support of fellow victim /  survivors and in knowing I am not the only one! We are stronger together which is why the perpetrators and their defenders seek to prevent our solidarity...but anyway, you can read below what they said to me and how I responded in our F'bro specific support group.

"Dear Tom

We were sorry to read your post on our Facebook site this morning. We are not in a position to comment, not knowing the circumstances, but we express our sincere human support to you as you struggle with these memories. We also note that the police appear to have been involved and no further action has been taken. Today, as a result of your post, and as quickly as we could get everyone together, we convened a meeting of the Safeguarding Compliance team of the LCSB. We wanted to let you know that we have decided that we are going to take the post down, in order not to cause any further potential hurt to people who read the post and who themselves may be triggered into difficult memories. We have made a record of this exchange in our safeguarding log. If you would like further support, we can recommend the safeguarding helpline of the organisation 31:8 which was created for the protection of people in Christian communities. You may of course be familiar with it already. This is the link https://thirtyoneeight.org.

All best wishes

Peter Agius

Administrator laybenedictines@gmail.com 

(Translation) We don't want to lose our sense of self satisfied sanctimonious entitlement ...or cash flow...by waking others up to the fact that Farnborough (and Worth, where this venture originated and well "worth" avoiding for "The Usual") and most of the OSB and Church institution are con men hiding behind a veneer of similar entitlement and in reality are narcissistic sexually / psychological abusers who have never known a days work whilst poncing off the finances and vulnerabilities of others!!!

 

 Survivor of De La Salles abuse and writer Pat Mills (Whose blog I would heartily recommend to those with eyes to see and ears to hear) says "in my direct experience unholy lay Catholics in the UK are a greater danger to children than even priests."  I note with great concern the origins and connection of this organisation to Worth Abbey and connect that with the experiences of Pat Mills and Farnborough Abbey Choir survivors and extol with great exhortation people to exercise extreme caution in their dealings with LCSB, particularly around placing children and teenagers in their care and to young adults, particularly men, do not give them the  "benefit of the doubt" to anything whatsoever that you know is wrong, If their pat on your back seemed rather low, it's likely deliberate, but you know ideally, there is nothing stopping you and your friends forming your own small group to pray and live according to monastic ideals. You don't need them! Don't fall for the lies and deception of the child catcher!