# Bernard Green > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bernard_Green > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bernard_Green.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Green > Source revision: 1357351899 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{about||the soldier|Bernard Green (British Army officer)|the composer|Bernard Green (composer)}} {{Distinguish|Barnards Green}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = priest | name = Bernard Green | honorific_prefix = [The Reverend](/source/The_Reverend) [Dom](/source/Dom_(title)) | honorific_suffix = [OSB](/source/Order_of_St_Benedict) | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1953 | birth_place = | death_date = 22 March 2013 | death_place = | ordination = 1975 | alma_mater = [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford)
[University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) | module = {{Infobox person | employer = [Ampleforth Abbey](/source/Ampleforth_Abbey) | organization = [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) | notable_works = ''Christianity in Ancient Rome'' (2010)
''The Soteriology of Leo the Great'' (2008) | occupation = [priest](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)) and [monk](/source/Monk) | criminal_charge = [indecent assault](/source/indecent_assault) | criminal_penalty = community service (50 hours) and probation (2 years) | criminal_status = guilty | child = yes }} }} '''Edward Bernard Green [OSB](/source/Order_of_St_Benedict)'''{{Cite web |url=http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=oxfaleph015820249&indx=3&recIds=oxfaleph015820249&recIdxs=2&elementId=2&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&origsort=Relevance&frbg=150830430&scp.scps=scope%3A%28OX%29&fctV=150830430&tab=local&dstmp=1377916364002&srt=Relevance&cs=frb&mode=Basic&dum=true&vl(254947567UI0)=any&tb=t&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&vl(254947564UI1)=all_items&vl(freeText0)=bernard+green&vid=OXVU1 |title=Search Oxford Libraries Online: catalogue for Edward Bernard Green, ''The Soteriology of Leo the Great'' (D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 2004). |access-date=31 August 2013 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215212148/http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=oxfaleph015820249&indx=3&recIds=oxfaleph015820249&recIdxs=2&elementId=2&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&origsort=Relevance&frbg=150830430&scp.scps=scope:(OX)&fctV=150830430&tab=local&dstmp=1377916364002&srt=Relevance&cs=frb&mode=Basic&dum=true&vl(254947567UI0)=any&tb=t&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&vl(254947564UI1)=all_items&vl(freeText0)=bernard+green&vid=OXVU1 |url-status=dead }} (1953–22 March 2013) was an [English](/source/England) [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) [priest](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)), [Benedictine](/source/Order_of_St_Benedict) [monk](/source/Monk) of [Ampleforth Abbey](/source/Ampleforth_Abbey), and [historian](/source/historian). ==Biography== Green was educated at [Oriel College, Oxford](/source/Oriel_College%2C_Oxford), where he received his [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in Modern History and later his [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)). He became a [Benedictine](/source/Order_of_St_Benedict) [monk](/source/Monk) of [Ampleforth Abbey](/source/Ampleforth_Abbey) in 1975 and was [ordained](/source/Ordination) a [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) [priest](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)) in 1981.[http://lourdesampleforth.org.uk/Ampleforth_Hospitalite/Home_files/Ampleforth%20Lourdes%20Pilgrimage%20Newsletter%20June%2013%20Copy.pdf 'Fr Bernard Green OSB', in ''Ampleforth Hospitalité Our Lady of Lourdes: June 2013 Newsletter'', pp. 10-11.]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He served as a history master at [Ampleforth College](/source/Ampleforth_College) from 1977 until 1995, and as housemaster of St Aidan's from 1992 until 1995.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/priest-accused-of-dormitory-assault-1584000.html Peter Victor, "Priest accused of dormitory assault", ''The Independent'' (28 November 1995).] Green later took an [MPhil](/source/Master_of_Philosophy) in theology at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) and a [DPhil](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in theology at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford). He was appointed Fellow, Director of Studies, and Tutor in Theology at [St Benet's Hall, Oxford](/source/St_Benet's_Hall%2C_Oxford), Research Fellow[http://www.st-benets.ox.ac.uk/news.htm News, St Benet's Hall, Oxford. Accessed 13 May 2013.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423094211/http://www.st-benets.ox.ac.uk/news.htm |date=23 April 2013 }} and Senior Member of [Campion Hall, Oxford](/source/Campion_Hall%2C_Oxford),.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2012-2013/18april2013-no5021/collegeshallsandsocieties/#117364 |title=''Oxford University Gazette'', Vol. 143, No. 5021 (18 April 2013): Colleges, Halls and Societies: 'Memorial Service: Campion Hall/St Benet's Hall' |access-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425220135/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2012-2013/18april2013-no5021/collegeshallsandsocieties/#117364 |archive-date=25 April 2013 |url-status=dead }} He also taught at the [Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies](/source/Centre_for_Medieval_and_Renaissance_Studies).[http://www.cmrs.org.uk/students/current-students/academic/INT1Autumn2012.pdf The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Integral Course Autumn 2012, The Making of Europe, 1000–1400 A.D., p. 4; accessed 4 April 2013.]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Green maintained for many years a connection with the Ampleforth [Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes](/source/Hospitalit%C3%A9_Notre_Dame_de_Lourdes). He first visited the [Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes](/source/Sanctuary_of_Our_Lady_of_Lourdes) aged 11 during a pilgrimage that he had undertaken with his mother. Green later took part in five consecutive pilgrimages with the Ampleforth Hospitalité, and in 1986, following the award of a medal in recognition of his five pilgrimages, he was appointed director of the Ampleforth pilgrimage. In 1991 he became a ''titulaire'' of the [Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes](/source/Hospitalit%C3%A9_Notre_Dame_de_Lourdes). Green resigned the directorship of the Ampleforth pilgrimage after the 1995 pilgrimage. The reason for this was because he would have been unable to continue to participate in the pilgrimage after he had relocated to [St Benet's Hall, Oxford](/source/St_Benet's_Hall%2C_Oxford).{{cite web |url=http://www.lourdesampleforth.org.uk/Ampleforth_Hospitalite/Latest/Entries/2013/4/15_Father_Bernard_an_appreciation.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831025457/http://www.lourdesampleforth.org.uk/Ampleforth_Hospitalite/Latest/Entries/2013/4/15_Father_Bernard_an_appreciation.html |archive-date=31 August 2013 |author1=Maire Channer |website=Lordes Ampleforth|title=Fr Bernard – an appreciation |date=15 April 2013 |publisher=Ampleforth Hospitalité of Our Lady of Lourdes}} During the period following his resignation of the directorship Green is said to have 'remained in the background'. During the period before his death he served as the pilgrimage's spiritual advisor.[http://www.lourdesampleforth.org.uk/Ampleforth_Hospitalite/Latest/Entries/2013/4/11_Father_Bernard_Green_OSB_(1953-2013).html 'Father Bernard Green OSB (1953-2013)' (Thursday, 11 April 2013) on the website of the Ampleforth Hospitalité of Our Lady of Lourdes.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712095551/http://www.lourdesampleforth.org.uk/Ampleforth_Hospitalite/Latest/Entries/2013/4/11_Father_Bernard_Green_OSB_%281953-2013%29.html |date=12 July 2013 }} Green was the author of ''Not Strangers but Pilgrims: A History of Ampleforth in Lourdes'' (Ampleforth: Ampleforth Abbey Press, in association with Way Books, Campion Hall, Oxford, 2009; 191 pages, including 1 illustration), described by [the Very Reverend](/source/Very_Reverend) [Dom](/source/Dom_(title)) Terence Richardson, [OSB](/source/Order_of_St_Benedict), [Prior](/source/Prior_(ecclesiastical)) of [Ampleforth Abbey](/source/Ampleforth_Abbey), as 'the definitive history of the Ampleforth Pilgrimage ... a work that was carefully researched, very readable and, at times, amusing and very effective in capturing the personalities of so many of the people who had been involved in the Pilgrimage over the years, while being very self-effacing about his own contributions.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} Green also undertook pilgrimages to [Medjugorje](/source/Our_Lady_of_Medjugorje) and [San Sebastián de Garabandal](/source/Garabandal_apparitions). Green was a frequent contributor to ''[The Tablet](/source/The_Tablet)'', for which he wrote about forty book reviews.[http://www.thetablet.co.uk ''The Tablet''. Searched 4 April 2013.] His last review, of David Gwynn's ''Athanasius of Alexandria'', was published posthumously on 13 April 2013.Bernard Green, review of David Gwynn, ''Athanasius of Alexandria: Bishop, Theologian, Ascetic, Father'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), in ''The Tablet'', vol. 267 no. 8993 (13 April 2013), p. 22. Green appeared in a television series about the [history of the Catholic Church in England](/source/Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales). ==Indecent assault conviction and harassment allegations== {{See also|Sexual abuse scandal in the English Benedictine Congregation}} In 1995, while serving as a housemaster of St Aidan's at [Ampleforth College](/source/Ampleforth_College), Green [indecently assaulted](/source/Indecent_assault) a 13-year-old boy while the boy slept in his dormitory. As soon as the allegation was made Green was suspended by the headmaster, [Leo Chamberlain](/source/Leo_Chamberlain), who made the following statement: "The housemaster had entered a dormitory and touched a sleeping boy in a manner which he now recognises was inappropriate. We are conducting an immediate and full investigation. But our first concern is for the welfare of the boy concerned. Parents are being fully informed." At the same time, a spokesman for the school stated that the allegation was being investigated internally and that the school did not expect the allegation to become the subject of a police enquiry. Green was arrested in response to an allegation that had been received by [North Yorkshire Police](/source/North_Yorkshire_Police).[http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/25th-november-2005/2/third-ampleforth-monk-convicted-of-abusing-pupils Simon Caldwell, "Third Ampleforth monk convicted of abusing pupils", ''Catholic Herald'' (25 November 2005).] He is said to have co-operated fully during the investigation by both police and social services.[https://archive.today/20130615111837/http://www.cherwell.org/archive/2005/10/05/benet-s-tutor-in-harassment-investigation Andrew Dagnall, "Benet's tutor in harassment investigation", ''Cherwell'' (5 October 2005)] Towards the end of February 1996 he was charged with indecent assault. In April 1996 Green pleaded guilty to this charge.[http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/archive/2005/11/17/The+North+East+Archive/7150277.Monk_admits_assaulting_boys/ "Monk admits assaulting boys", ''The Press'' (17 November 2005).][http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=361815 Michael Shaw and Cherry Canovan, "Scandal hits Ampleforth", ''TES'' (5 April 2002).]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} During the court hearing the boy was said to have been 'petrified' during the incident. Green was sentenced to 50 hours' community service and two years of [probation](/source/probation).[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/18/publicschools.topstories3 Ian Cobain, "Silence and secrecy at school where child sex abuse went on for decades", ''The Guardian'' (18 November 2005).] At the time of his conviction statements were made stating, "Father Bernard will remain a Benedictine monk under the direct authority of the Abbot of Ampleforth. The Abbot will ensure that in future his work will not include any contact with or responsibility for children" and that "Father Bernard, in the light of his repentance and co-operation, will continue to live as a monk. Following the provisions of Church Law, any future exercise of his priesthood will be subject to canonical restrictions imposed by the Abbot of Ampleforth in Council. The restrictions will be designed to avoid any further problems with the young." Green was also barred by the [Department for Education](/source/Department_for_Education) from teaching or undertaking any work with children or young persons under the age of 19. In 1998, Green moved to St Benet's Hall, Oxford, and in 2000 began teaching at Oxford, in breach of his DfE ban. On 9 June 2005 an undergraduate at [St Benet's Hall](/source/St_Benet's_Hall) made a formal complaint of harassment against Green. The incident took place in the seventh week of the [Trinity term](/source/Trinity_term) during a picnic at [Port Meadow, Oxford](/source/Port_Meadow%2C_Oxford), organised by St Benet's [Joint Common Room](/source/Common_Room_(university)). Other students supported the complainant's allegation. A formal investigation was conducted on behalf of St Benet's and the [proctors](/source/Proctor) of the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) by a panel comprising one non-tutorial fellow of St Benet's and two independent members. The panel found that he was guilty of serious misconduct, and he was issued a five‑year final written warning.{{cite web|title=Ampleforth and Downside (English Benedictine Congregation case study) Investigation Report|website=IICSA|url=https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/6583/download/Ampleforth%20and%20Downside%20Investigation%20Report%20August%202018.pdf|author=Alexis Jay, Malcolm Evans, Ivor Frank, [Drusilla Sharpling](/source/Drusilla_Sharpling)|publisher=Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse|date=August 2018|access-date=14 August 2018|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809184238/https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/6583/download/Ampleforth%20and%20Downside%20Investigation%20Report%20August%202018.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/must-reads/convicted-paedophile-monk-taught-at-university-of-oxford-for-12-years-after-being-banned-from-the-profession/14/08/|title=Convicted paedophile monk taught at University of Oxford for 12 years after being banned from the profession|author=Joe Mellor|website=The London Economic|date=14 August 2018|access-date=14 August 2014|archive-date=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232610/https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/must-reads/convicted-paedophile-monk-taught-at-university-of-oxford-for-12-years-after-being-banned-from-the-profession/14/08/|url-status=dead}} All parties were said to have been satisfied with the outcome and Green was reported to have made an apology. In April 2010, Ampleforth Abbey investigated further allegations made against Green regarding sexual misconduct towards two adult men, but the investigation was inconclusive. In June 2012, Green was dismissed from St Benet's Hall after a review of the 1995 case revealed his teaching ban. ==Death== Green died on 22 March 2013, having suffered a massive heart attack during the night. His funeral rites took place on 3 and 4 April 2013 at [Ampleforth Abbey](/source/Ampleforth_Abbey); he was interred in Monks' Wood.[http://www.abbey.ampleforth.org.uk/our-news/fr-bernard-green-rip Ampleforth Abbey: Fr Bernard Green R.I.P. Accessed 4 April 2013.]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.oa.ampleforth.org.uk/news/fr-bernard-green-rip |title=Old Amplefordians: News: Fr Bernard Green RIP. Accessed 4 April 2013. |access-date=4 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516064725/http://www.oa.ampleforth.org.uk/news/fr-bernard-green-rip |website=Ampleforth|archive-date=16 May 2013}}[http://www.osb.org/new/current.html The Order of Saint Benedict: What's New: January, February, and March 2013: March 2013: Dom Bernard Green OSB; accessed 4 April 2013.] ==Publications== *Bernard Green, ''Christianity in Ancient Rome: The First Three Centuries'' (London; New York: T. & T. Clark, 2010) **Reviews: Allen Brent, in ''Journal of Ecclesiastical History'', 62 (2011), 564–5; Paul Cavill, in ''Church Times'' (1 October 2010); Robert Crotty, in ''Journal of Religious History'', 36 (2012), 124–6; R. Ross Holloway, in ''Catholic Historical Review'', 97 (2011), 110–111; Denis Minns, in ''Journal of Theological Studies'', 62 (2011), 355–6; [http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/2010-09-36.html Dennis E. Trout, in ''Bryn Mawr Classical Review'']. Also featured in [http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/content.php?pid=72054&sid=808531 Michigan State University Libraries: Guides: Classical Studies: Mythology and Religion: Selected Books]. *Bernard Green, ''Not Strangers but Pilgrims: A History of Ampleforth in Lourdes'' (Ampleforth: Ampleforth Abbey Press, 2009) **Review: Nicholas King SJ, in ''The Tablet'' (8 October 2009). *Bernard Green, ''The Soteriology of Leo the Great'' (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008) **Reviews: J. Mark Armitage, in ''Reviews in Religion & Theology'', 16 (2009), 257–9; Phillip Cary, in ''Journal of Religion'', 90 (2010), 412–14; Kevin L. Hester, in ''Journal of Early Christian Studies'', 17 (2009), 674–5; D.A. Keating, in ''Journal of Theological Studies'', 60 (2009), 299–301; James K. Lee, in ''Religious Studies Review'', 36 (2010), 83; R.A. Markus, in ''The Tablet'' (31 May 2008); David Meconi, in ''Heythrop Journal'', 50 (2009), 713; Richard Price, in ''Journal of Ecclesiastical History'', 60 (2009), 333; Norman Tanner, in ''Gregorianum'', 89 (2008), fasc. iv: Recensiones, 890f. *[John Jolliffe](/source/John_Hedworth_Jolliffe), ed., ''English Catholic Heroes'' (Leominster: Gracewing, 2008) [chapter] *Bernard Green, 'The Life and Times of St John Chrysostom', ''Ampleforth Journal'', 112 (2007), 10–26 *Bernard Green, 'Benedict of Nursia, St.', in [William M. Johnston](/source/Will_Johnston), ed., ''Encyclopedia of Monasticism'' (2 vols., Chicago; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000) **Review: Bennett Hill, in ''Catholic Historical Review'', 87 (2001), 707-709: '... the entry of Bernard Green, OSB, on "Benedict of Nursia, St.," and the article by James Wiseman, OSB, "Church Councils, Recent Catholic," show rare levels of understanding as well as wisdom about their subjects.' *Bernard Green, 'St Benedict of Nursia', in Gordon Beattie, ed., ''Gregory's Angels, 597–1997: A 1400 Year Celebration of the Order of Saint Benedict in the British Isles'' (Leominster: Gracewing, 1997), pp. 12–13 *Bernard Green, ''Monasticism to 1400 A.D.'' (Southport: Christian Theology Trust, 1996) *[http://www.monlib.org.uk/papers/aj/aj1984green-brewer.html Bernard Green, The Founder of Ampleforth: Bede Brewer, ''Ampleforth Journal'', 79 (1984), 134–8]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} *Bernard Green, 'St Dunstan and the Monastic Reform', in David Hugh Farmer, ed., ''Benedict's Disciples'' (Leominster: Gracewing, 1980; 2nd edn. 1995), pp. 139–53 *Bernard Green, ''The English Benedictine Congregation: A Short History'', with a foreword by [Basil Hume](/source/Basil_Hume) (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1980) *Placid Spearritt and Bernard Green, ''A History of the English Benedictine Congregation, 1558–1850: Introduction and Guide'' (Oxford: Oxford Microform, 1978) [Published together with Peter Athanasius Allanson, ''A History of the English Benedictine Congregation, 1558–1850'' (compiled mid-19th century; published Oxford: Oxford Microform, 1978)] **Review: John Bossy, in ''Journal of Ecclesiastical History'', 33 (1982), 312–13. ==References== {{authority control}} {{Catholic Church sexual abuse cases}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Bernard}} Category:1953 births Category:2013 deaths Category:English historians Category:British historians of religion Category:20th-century English Roman Catholic theologians Category:21st-century English Roman Catholic theologians Category:20th-century English Roman Catholic priests Category:21st-century English Roman Catholic priests Category:English Benedictines Category:English classical scholars Category:LGBTQ Roman Catholics Category:Place of birth missing Category:Historians of the Catholic Church Category:Alumni of St Benet's Hall, Oxford Category:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Category:Fellows of St Benet's Hall, Oxford Category:Fellows of Campion Hall, Oxford Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:20th-century English LGBTQ people Category:21st-century English LGBTQ people Category:20th-century English criminals Category:English people convicted of indecent assault Category:English people convicted of child sexual abuse Category:Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals in the United Kingdom Category:Sexual abuse scandals in Catholic orders and societies Category:Catholic priests convicted of sexual abuse Category:Violence against men in the United Kingdom --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bernard Green](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Green) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Green?action=history)). 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