The abuse consultants' contact information was listed in the questionnaire for easy access.
"Mutual fund scandals, 401(k) abuses and consultant pay-to-play arrangements are linked by the fact that fiduciaries parlayed their positions of trust for personal profit," he said.
Critics of the contract say it is outdated and open to abuse by consultants who seek to maximise their private fee income by neglecting NHS work and creating long NHS waiting lists.
Last week, the company reported a 78percentt drop in first-quarter earnings, but industry experts figure that Mr. Ebbers was sharing frustration, not serious analysis, when he suggested that WorldCom was a victim of ethical abuses by consultants who help WorldCom's biggest customers negotiate contracts.
Ms. Quinn is the latest city official to criticize swelling city spending on private contractors, who have come under scrutiny after CityTime, a payroll system, was tainted by fraud and abuse, and a technology consultant for the Education Department was accused of stealing $3.6 million.
"They don't tell you how to protect yourself and your children; they don't give the degree of risk this person poses to you or not," said David A. D'Amora, the director of a treatment center for sexual abusers in Middletown, Conn., and a national consultant to sex abuse treatment centers.
"I don't believe that we can rely on people who have a clean history, because that can be abused," said Mr. Shanks, the consultant in London.
The overwhelming form of bullying had been verbal abuse (57%), while consultants were the most frequent (46%) perpetrators.
Particularly compelling testimony directed at the bishops came from Dr. Bland, a clinical psychologist who is a consultant on sexual abuse for several Catholic dioceses.
Near the beginning of my research I spoke to Thorsten Becker, an expert and consultant on ritualistic abuse.
