COPE: the visionary behind it all

READERS will have been pleased to have your record of the magnificent work of the COPE Foundation (May 21).

But how can one write the history of this magnificent organisation without recording a tribute to the man whose vision, initiative and drive was the single reason for its existence and success?

The man in question is Canon James Bastible. He is referred to casually (once) as “Rev. Bastible.” He appears in a tiny photograph with President Childers, but remains unidentified.