The evidence of @jimgamble to #religiousorganisationsandsettings hearing @inquiryCSA was compelling. School registration is crucial for the welfare of children and good staff. Well-designed #MandatoryReporting reporting is also a vital *component* of functioning safeguarding /1
Fiona Scolding QC asked about paragraph 31 of Baumgarten's statement. Can you spot an answer her question?
"People in positions where disclosure is mandatory ..." - could you tell me what you mean by that? Clearly Baumgarten is oceanically unfamiliar with the subject /2
"People in positions where disclosure is mandatory ..." - could you tell me what you mean by that? Clearly Baumgarten is oceanically unfamiliar with the subject /2
Para 31 from his statement is below together with footnote 21. It asserts 'mandatory disclosure' exists. But it doesn't except for FGM. Baumgarten swerves away from the subject as the transcript demonstrates and is not again taken back to the question. /3
Instead, he's permitted to plunge the Panel into the hinterlands of the faith. Not for the first time counsel did not secure an answer to a Q, this one about an incorrect #MR claim. Other faith settings have wrongly claimed they have their own MR. It's tripe and #TheNewBlack /4
When @inquiryCSA eventually recommends #MR it will clearly garner support from most faith leaders. But the recommendation might shock Fiona Scolding QC. This exchange surprised many of us, not least the Archbishop of Canterbury #OneShotAtThisIICSA 5/5 audioboom.com/posts/7313649-…
