Our takeaway childrenPaul Vallely

The 10-week trial of nine men involved in exploiting young girls for sex provided a shocking insight into their collusion in grooming children. But it also raised difficult questions about their complicity: were the predators united by race, or culture, or even religion? What else might cause their contempt for the vulnerable? ...

Tormentor on my doorstepTerry Tastard

Many parishes provide hot food and shelter to homeless people in winter. But for one priest there was a disturbing consequence of this care, which left him fearful and helpless, and became a reminder that a simple solution of sustenance can often fall short of the mark ...