It’s fairly obvious that it’s people who have positions of trust who will be able to abuse that trust, hence your list Martin. So regulation around the trusting relationships that are part of jobs/voluntary work seems to me a healthy management of risk. We’ve yet to see what the benefit:hassle ratio will be of the new vetting system.

The worrying thing for me is that St Matt’s seem to have responded to the concerns that were raised as well as could be expected and yet Baxter still managed to abuse. Additionaly, for each one person convicted there are nine others out there not being caught abusing.

David,
I’m afraid this seems to be almost endemic to people who work with youngsters particularly. Think of the groups aho are affected – Catholic Priests, schoolteachers, Scout masters. It is a shame and, of course it has had a governmental over-reaction in the form of the excessive checking of everyone who comes into contact with the young. I can almost see the day when Grandparents will be subject to “vetting”.
It is a reflection on the world we live in