VI-UK relationship is like a child molested by an adult family member- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
Speaking on his show, Honestly Speaking, on September 9, 2025, Mr Skelton-Cline was at the time making that point that the Virgin Islands was in no position to negotiate a new constitution with the UK when it has a “gun to its head”.
The clergyman was making reference to the Order in Council to suspend the VI’s constitution, which was put in place to force the VI to implement recommendations from a controversial Commission of Inquiry.
The Order in Council remains in place despite the VI fulfilling its obligations.
‘Violated’
“It’s ethically wrong, it's morally wrong. It's like a woman who is caught in an abusive domestic relationship, who's violated because she's made to believe, indoctrinated, that I exist to beat you and you are my pawn, my property.
“It’s like the little boy or girl in their state of untested innocence who’s molested by a family member, a parent, a grandparent, an uncle. You pervert their sexuality and their identity, and then you swear them to secrecy, don’t tell anybody what happened, don’t tell anybody what we do, and that child grows up to be an adult, but they grow older but not maturing because they’re stuck right where they were being perverted.”
Becoming the monster
The man of the cloth added that the danger of that abusive relationship is that if the VI is not careful, it would become the very monster it is fighting.
“And you begin to treat other people like that. This is why, in this country, we have a cycle of control and manipulation. It's a residue of colonialism,” Skelton-Cline stated.
He said many Virgin Islanders have left these islands because they were mistreated by their own family members.
Skelton-Cline also said this mentality of mistreatment has been directed at the expatriate labour force.
“This is why we have to be careful about how we, as a country that demands a labour force from other countries like the Philippines, something that we are in need of, and then we treat the people with disrespect and disregard.
“We treat them using intimidation and fear with their visa, with their work permits. Don’t look at me funny, I am showing you how you can become the very thing that you despise in other oppressive groups and nations,” Skelton-Cline told his listeners and viewers.
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31 Responses to “VI-UK relationship is like a child molested by an adult family member- Claude O. Skelton-Cline”
and boy does this fart here stinkkkk
who molesting the country more than our politicians
bvi airways,
pier park scheme,
ssb homes,
grants,
bi water,
bank of asia,
raising cost of services to 200% profit with same messy slow quality,
greedy bill,
renting to family,friends and politicians instead of fixing government building since 2017!!!,
no price control while supermarkets bold face ask you to donate while giving you 50c off sales while them make 300% profit off us yearly,
BIG drew willing to sell the country airport and ports to drug kartles to enrich himself!!!!,
politicians giving them self a pay raise on top of the greedy bill despite already making a livable wage!!,
calling drug man or youths with explosive / unexplained wealth "business men" but then denouncing crime like make up yuh mindddd bro
money for parties and flights but hard to find money to out source and fixed roads by real professionals, no money to keep water running and working after 6pm, electricity poles over we head still in big 2025! the country looking like an country running off of EC dollar despite having a big budget with big USD. the same USD that EC countries running here to get so they can live lavish in their EC country
we gone far molestation at this point our own people raping the country tax money!!!
All I want from CSC at this point is for the online news sites to STOP repeating his nonsense. IF I wanted to hear from him I would listen to his show. I do not and will not and wish others would give him the time and energy he truly deserves....NONE AT ALL!
it is our collective corruption in which prevents our political change.
More worrying is how knowledgeable and detailed this man is about how to pervert an innocent…
but dpp wouldd of lose anyways
i just hopin the order in council was only kept so long cuz the planned to arrest all the schemers in govy
but how uk moving soft with these criminals is demoralizing while the spew caca on news and radio shows strpzzz
no bank loan history
no jobs or small paying job history and boom the man got big business and assets at a very young age with no business connects ntn
then the got big chains, smoking, partying, driving fast boats, neve seen in a suit or professional attire, full of tattoos and ghetto unprofessional behavior, set of kids for various low class women.... and our leaders call these people "business men" lol
You sir are a parasite. Shut up. And how dare you compare it to domestic abuse.
Let's take us Brits away and see what would happen. I KNOW, the biggest organised crime gang in the territory would be left to run riot here. I'll be generous and give you 3 guesses to who that might be? Then again, you'd have to activate all 2 of the brain cells in your head to figure that one out. POLITICIANS.
Please, please, please let me debate you publicly and live stream it. It would be the easiest days work.