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Wood neglected to visit Christ Church, or to interview witnesses offered by Percy, including the other person who was in the vestry at the time. Thames Valley police has investigated and said there is no case for further action. ‘Is this important enough for that to happen?'” “I knew it was a massive deal,” she said. The alleged victim has acknowledged she was put under pressure to report the incident. The new tribunal is investigating an allegation – which Percy denies – that he assaulted a verger at Christ Church by stroking her hair in the vestry after morning service. As it also happens, Pollard is a very close friend of another key Christ Church governor, Professor Geraldine Johnson. Her last investigative job for the Church was to inquire into the misdeeds of Bishop Victor Whitsey, a project on which she was managed by Elizabeth Pollard of the C of E’s national safeguarding team.

In spite of this and having worked for the Church for most of the past 12 years, Wood claims she had not heard of Percy, or the problems of Christ Church before this engagement, despite all the publicity. As it happens, Percy was a member of the campaign group that overturned the work of that core group and rescued Bell’s reputation. Having no doubt scoured the country for the person best equipped to conduct an impartial inquiry, the governing body settled on Kate Wood – whose independence is in no way compromised by the fact that she works for the Church of England, and was involved with the core group that bungled an investigation into allegations against Bishop George Bell. These actions follow an “independent investigation” by a safeguarding professional. Professor Warlord has now put his name to a second CDM complaint, and last week the college’s governing body voted to initiate a second tribunal. Both inquisitions were at the behest of Canon Professor Graham Ward, a long-standing academic rival ( Eye 1536).

He was exonerated in 2019 by a hugely expensive tribunal under a senior high court judge and then again last year by a Church of England “core group” investigation under the clergy discipline measure (CDM).

THE governing body of Christ Church, Oxford, is nothing if not persistent in its efforts to force out the dean, Martyn Percy.

“CHRIST CHURCH OXFORD JABS” – PRIVATE EYE – NO.