A male sexual predator who harboured “hostility towards women” accessed services at a controversial “trans-inclusive” female rape crisis centre, it has emerged.
At the time, the centre offered services only for women, but under its inclusion policy also welcomed biological males who said they identified as female or non-binary.
Downing, who identifies as non-binary and was found by a jury to have falsely accused one of his victims of raping him, said in January 2022 that the ERCC was the reason he was “able to keep going” and that he “cannot put into words how much they’ve helped me.”
In a video he published online Downing said he wanted to raise funds for the centre for his 22nd birthday and later claimed to have met his £200 goal.
The centre has been run by Mridul Wadhwa, who identifies as female but is legally male, since 2021 and has faced severe scrutiny for its refusal to operate a single-sex service for biological females.
According to ERCC’s website, it now offers support to adult men but has only done so since 2023, after Downing claimed to have accessed its services.
It has ordered an independent review of its practices following the employment tribunal ruling.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/17/predator-cameron-downing-trans-inclusive-rape-crisis-centre/
I did post a link to a tweet about this on another thread, but this article has more detail and thought it deserved its own thread.
NB Have only picked out a few paragraphs for OP. The whole article can be read via https://archive.ph/LOXZ9