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Honours and awards
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In the 1972 New Year Honours, Savile was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE),[143] which he appended to his signature.
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours he was made a Knight Bachelor "for charitable services".[144] Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had made four attempts to appoint him to a knighthood before succeeding in her final year in office.[145] Following the allegations of sexual abuse, British Prime Minister David Cameron suggested in October 2012 that it would be possible for Savile's honours to be rescinded by the Honours Forfeiture Committee. A Cabinet Office spokesman clarified that there are currently no arrangements to posthumously revoke a knighthood, as individuals cease to be knights, or members of an order of chivalry, upon their death; but that the committee might consider introducing a process to do so in light of Savile's case.[146]
Savile was honoured with a Papal knighthood by being made a Knight Commander of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Gregory the Great (KCSG) by Pope John Paul II in 1990.[147] After the scandal broke, the Catholic Church in England and Wales asked the Holy See to consider stripping Savile of the honour. In October 2012, Father Federico Lombardi told BBC News:[148]

[The Holy See] firmly condemns the horrible crimes of sexual abuse of minors, [and the honour] in the light of recent information should certainly not have been bestowed ... As there does not exist any permanent official list of persons who have received papal honours in the past, it is not possible to strike anyone off a list that does not exist. The names of recipients of papal honours do not appear in the Pontifical Year Book and the honour expires with the death of the individual.

He held an honorary doctorate of law (LLD) from the University of Leeds.[149]
He was an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR).[150]
He had the Cross of Merit of the Order pro merito Melitensi.[151]

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In the 1970s he was awarded an honorary green beret by the Royal Marines for completing the Royal Marine Commando speed march, 30 miles (48 km) across Dartmoor carrying 30 pounds (14 kg) of kit.[152] Following the allegations of child abuse, the Royal Marines have "erased" the award.[153]
He had been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bedfordshire in 2009, which was posthumously rescinded in October 2012.[154]
He was a Freeman of the Borough of Scarborough.[155] This honour was removed in November 2012.[156]

Tilius ha scritto:

Interessante.

Elmar Lang ha scritto:Con tutto il rispetto per la Santa Sede ed i suoi rappresentanti, mi pare -quello di Padre Lombardi (che poi è solo portavoce della S.S.)- un discorso di bizantina sottigliezza.

marcello semeraro ha scritto:Il livello di depravazione e di perversione di Savile supera anche quello di Marcial Maciel Degollado.

Le loro biografie, la loro doppiezza e le loro azioni sono una sceneggiatura perfetta per un inquietante film horror/thriller.

T.G.Cravarezza ha scritto:

Elmar Lang ha scritto:Con tutto il rispetto per la Santa Sede ed i suoi rappresentanti, mi pare -quello di Padre Lombardi (che poi è solo portavoce della S.S.)- un discorso di bizantina sottigliezza.

Concordo. Effettivamente l'assenza di una lista degli insigniti non implica l'impossibilità di evadere un sintetico comunicato stampa in cui si ribadisce che l'onore conferito in data xxx a XY è da considerarsi revocato per indegnità. Inoltre come scusante mi pare un poco labile poiché ritengo che, anche in assenza della pubblicazione sugli Acta degli insigniti, la Santa Sede terrà una lista degli insigniti, anche solo in qualche cassetto o computer di qualche segreteria, anche solo per mera organizzazione interna e per sapere a chi sono stati conferiti i vari gradi degli ordini pontifici ed eventuali passaggi di grado.