Comments on: BBC Watchdog starts Witch Hunt against Adrian Pengelly

By: stu

stu — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:17:17 +0000

I was treated by adrian for psoriasis, it is the only time in 20yrs that i went into remission. Sadly it did eventually return after 6 months. However i must say that in the time i went i met numerous people who improved greatly. One example was a man who turned up to his 1st appointment in a wheelchair due to severe prolonged arthritis. He was an elderly man and i myself was shocked at the pain he was in. I saw the same man walk into his healing session unaided a month later. Other sucesses were evident, id say about 50-60%, for others it didnt work. Placeo! Who knows! But he has made his living through word of mouth, something very hard to do if u get repeat failures. Many of the people i met on their repeat visits travelled great distances (he is in a remote area), again something they or i wouldnt have done without encouraging changes taking place. I often stayed locally due to the long train traveling times. It was here how i heard that infact adrian was being severely harassed and even stalked as the above poster mentioned. Is adrian blameless? Well i think a healer has to tread a fine line in the modern world. I dont think his mild eccentricity has helped him there. He has witnessed people getting better repeatedly, placebo or not, whilst seeing him and he wants to talk about it. And its those claims that have allowed those with motives to go after him. Personally i found him a nice guy who could perhaps haue done with a little more advice in what to/what not to say. Witchunt? Hmm i would probably agree with that. Why? Because its not your right or anyone else’s to tell me how to treat my illnesses. Serious diseases have serious medications that can and do kill people. If i choose someone to supplement my treatments its my business. I dont require any quackbuster to defend my honour. As the original poster said, hands on healing is centuries old and is even the cornerstone of major religions. Adrian i believe has said some, or at the very least been associated with, unwise statements irregardless of whether he could prove them. but i can recognise a small town vendetta when i see one.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:19:59 +0000

What i feel that is really sad and upsetting, is that these individuals who are working with Spirit, Energy or whatever, are often attacked by sceptics. In fact, i know that there are one or two individuals out there who make it their aim to send threats etc to these workers.
What gives them the right to attack these people in such a vicious way?
If they had a treatment and felt that it was fraudlent or whatever than i could understand that vitriol which occurs, but to throw insults and accusations at others when they have no experience of the work, is in my mind, ingnorant and stupid.
Well done Mr Daz for being open minded.

By: MrDaz

MrDaz — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:37:10 +0000

I hear what you’re saying Dannielle.

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not sure I believe in it or not, but I’m enlightened enough to know that just because something can’t be proven or explained, doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

Science has come as far as it has by people realising that they don’t know all of the answers, and then attempting to find them out. Simply saying something is fraud just because it can’t be explained flies in the face of science – and as you say, the world would still be flat if we all did that.

By: Dannielle

Dannielle — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:30:53 +0000

I completely agree with you Mr Daz. Persecution of those who only wish to help others is a sad and depressing part of our supposedly civilised society. My Pengally is only one of numerous Healers, energy, spirit or otherwise how are constantly attacked for doing what they feel is all they can to help others. Despite worldwide recogntion and study from medical professionals, individuals such as Mr Pengelly, Ray Brown, Stephen Turroff, Gary Mannion, Quintin Smith, Nina Knowland and others across the world are penalised for trying to help others. Yes Fraud occurs in all parts of society but why are we so insistant that what these genuine individuals believe, practice and love is wrong. Just because we dont truely understand the processes, does not make it wrong. Remember, the world was flat at one time!!!

By: Watcher72

Watcher72 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:12 +0000

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/5059494.Cancer__healer__to_pay_thousands___court/

By: Mrs Truthteller

Mrs Truthteller — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:53:27 +0000

Herefordshire Council have instigated legal proceedings under the Cancer Act against Mr Pengelly. This is only in the public domain now since the charges have been officially laid in Hereford Magistrates Court. The first court date is 12th March 2010

By: ian franklin

ian franklin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:43:37 +0000

Mr Daz has made some interesting comments about how the programme was made and his issue is with Watchdog. I cannot disagree with him and knowing a lot of the background before the programme was aired I can confirm that the producers were out to get a result, however unbalanced or unfair that was. Very unprofessional to say the least. However, as someone who knows Adrian Pengelly well and also being party to many of the events surrounding him long before the programme was made, I can assure your posters that there is a group of people out to ‘get’ Adrian and destroy him. This includes a female stalker who has harrassed him for 3 years or more and a group of people involved in psychic matters who live in his area. Most of the websites, blogs and comments posted all over the web – seem to come from a small group of people who use a series of aliases, so you cannot trust any of these types of post as they are clearly biased and come from people who have a different agenda. Yes, Adrian is slightly eccentric (an endearing quality) but he is also gentle, kind and honest. He has treated many people successfully – and others have not necessarily benefitted. I have known him to cure animals and pinpoint problems with dogs and horses which have been completely missed by vets. So don’t listen to the bigots and those who have nothing better to do than to campaign against him. The world needs people like Adrian. Thank goodness he is there.

By: MrDaz

MrDaz — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:07:57 +0000

You’re quite right Rik, I did pick up the banner when HDNL dropped the ball (or rather the toy) into a puddle, but it’s not so much what has happened, but how it has been investigated.

Watchdog’s video report was shoddy, full of holes and formed its conclusion before it began yet couldn’t even prove them. I think the problem is that they’re no longer interested in investigative journalism. Perhaps there should be a change, perhaps they need someone who knows how to get under the skin of people and drive normal, respectable people to the brink of violence.

Perhaps Matt Allwright should stand aside?

By: Rik

Rik — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:40:30 +0000

Like Phil, I’m quite surprised with this post.

You’re defending a man who puts people’s lives at risk and charges for it, while a year ago you led a one-man crusade against a whole company because one of their employees left a toy you ordered in a puddle.

Are you getting soft in your old age??

By: Watcher

Watcher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:46:45 +0000

And the actual words used by Pengelly were

“The success rate I suppose for treating cancer would be roundabout 60, 65 per cent”

“Some cancers 9 out of 10 people have treatment and get better. Only with my treatment they wont need anything else”

“My success rate is higher with people who don’t have chemotherapy and it’s lower than with people who do”

“I would never say don’t have it, obviously I can’t say that, but it makes me less sensitive”

“If they say chemo wont stop it, all we can do is give you more time, then I would say if you were a member of my family, don’t bother let me do it”

“It creates the possibility my work wont work. At least there I feel there is a chance I can get rid of it, so better to go with me than not with me.”

So there is a definite implication there that if you do not give up chemo, or have chemo it could affect my “healing hands”.