Dear Editor,
In the 1950s, fellow pupils and I were briefly but regularly abused by the visiting school doctor during medical examinations. He cunningly interwove legitimate undressing with his own predilections (see my letter published in The Independent 23 January 2016). That remains the most horrific memory of all my school days, doing lasting damage.
I am sickened that in all its ethical troubles the church has paid more heed to status than to Scripture. 1 Timothy 5.19-21 tells us: ‘Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning. I charge you, in the sight of God and of Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and do nothing out of favouritism.’
