Cardinal Vincent Nichols NEEDS TO IMMEDIATELY RESIGN.

The Pope should accept his resignation. If the Pope does not accept the resignation (as reported), Cardinal Vincent Nichols should stand down .

As the figurehead and the most senior leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Catholics look to Cardinal Nichols to lead by example.

During the final public hearing of the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in November 2018, Cardinal Vincent Nichols apologised for the Church’s failings …

But according to the final report of the IICSA published on 10 November 2020:

“there was no acknowledgement of any personal responsibility to lead or influence change. Nor did he demonstrate compassion towards victims in the recent cases which we examined.”

Here are further findings of the IICSA published on 10 November 2020:

Real and lasting changes to attitudes have some way to go if the Roman Catholic Church is to shake off the failures of the past.

Leadership of safeguarding within the Roman Catholic Church Individual leaders in the Roman Catholic Church, as in other institutions, set the tone for how the organisation responded to the major issues with which they were confronted, through their words and deeds.

Across the Inquiry’s hearings on the Roman Catholic Church, weaknesses in leadership were significant in the failures to address child sexual abuse.

The responses of Church leaders over time were marked by delay in implementing change as well as reluctance to acknowledge responsibility, to hold individuals to account or to make sincere apologies.

They conveyed on occasions a grudging and unsympathetic attitude to victims.

Failure in some of these areas contributed to more children experiencing actual abuse and many others being exposed to the risk of sexual abuse.

IICSA Catholic Church Investigation report 10 November 2020

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54889033