1. There was a response to the abuse perpetrated at Ealing Abbey and St Benedict’s School from three tiers of Catholic institutions:
- the Diocese of Westminster child protection team, with which Ealing Abbey was aligned and which gave advice to Abbot Shipperlee;
- the English Benedictine Congregation (EBC), in particular the Abbot President; and
- the Holy See in Rome and its diplomatic representative in the UK, the Apostolic Nuncio.