Name John Owen Era 17th century | Role Theologian | |
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Died August 24, 1683, Ealing, London, United Kingdom Education University of Oxford, The Queen's College, Oxford Books The Works of John Owen, The Mortification of Sin, The Glory of Christ, The Death of Death in the Death, Overcoming Sin and Temptation Similar People J I Packer, Peter Toon, Albert Vanhoye, Grant R Osborne, Carl Bloch | ||
John Owen (1952–2001) was a children's author and director and is best known for his Welsh teen television drama “Pam fi Duw” (Why me God), a series of books and TV programmes which he wrote and directed. In 1995, 1997 and 1999 he won the Tir na n-Og Award for the best Welsh Language fiction book for Children.
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Owen was a former drama teacher and Head of Lower school at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen near Pontypridd, South Wales.
Education
John Owen was a former pupil and prefect at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen. He completed his Bachelor of Education degree in 1974 at Trinity College in Carmarthen; in the same year he took up his first teaching appointment at his former secondary school.
Child abuse
In September 2001, John Owen was arrested and charged with serious criminal offences against children at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen. On October the 4th 2001 John Owen was found dead at his caravan in Porthcawl having failed to appear in court. He had committed suicide.
Later an inquiry was launched by the Children's Commissioner Peter Clarke called the “Clywch Report” which also listed some of the allegation against John Owen, and gave recommendations that should be implemented to stop something similar happening again.