The conviction of Archbishop Philip Wilson was gleefully reported by the Today programme. But what would have been the BBC's attitude to sex with a 15-year-old in 1976?
Even today, the only person who could be so much as charged with sex with a 15-year-old girl, never mind convicted of it, would be a professional footballer, and even then only one from the "wrong" club.
And even today, the only person who could be so much as charged with sex with a 15-year-old boy, never mind convicted of it, would be a Catholic priest.
Meanwhile, in all other circumstances, the media depict such activity as normal, natural and healthy. One really does have to wonder why.
Meanwhile, in all other circumstances, the media depict such activity as normal, natural and healthy. One really does have to wonder why.
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