Hierarchies do not work unless you are building pyramids with slave labour, ruling Russia, managing a space launch, sending thousands of soldiers into battle to die needlessly, or running a maximum-security prison. They also shore up the camouflage of illegitimate oppression, and provide cover for sexual abuse in boarding schools, the police service and Children’s Homes. In political parties, tribal hierarchies distort the principles of democracy. Dressing one person in robes

See how many truths you can find in this fictional response to a Catholic School Inspection experience. ____________ The three boys waited until the duty teacher passed their table before continuing their conversation. ‘Does it mean we are all real holy?’ Michael, the smaller of the three, stopped pushing the mixed vegetables around his plate. ‘What makes you think that, Johnoh?’ ‘Like the head said, we passed the inspection. It was an RE inspection by some bloke from a dioce

ingParents claim they have never seen a Catholic MAC. They do not exist. A prospective parent asked a fourteen-year-old boy at a school Open Evening what did ‘MAC’ stand for. He thought for a moment – an unnerving sight to witness - before answering, “Multi-Academy Clump”. He too claimed to never having seen a MAC. Open Letter to Head of Multi-Academy Clump (MAC) Dear sir/madam/other I have just read a website that claims you now own our local Catholic schools that once tau