The C-14 was tested by three labs. The whole point of having three labs test the shroud was to have independent testing. In order to do this, some things are required to achieve independence:
– Tests should be done concurrently
– There should not be any leaks of data from the lab to the outside world
– All reports should only be submitted to the British Museum
– The British Museum should be the first to disclose the results to the public
According to the official report, it states:
“But the three laboratories undertook not to compare results until after they had been transmitted to the British Museum.”
https://www.shroud.com/nature.htm
As it turned out, they did not have independent testing and it was easy for them to compare results.
For one thing, they did not do the tests concurrently.
Arizona began their testing on April 25 and completed testing on June 8.
Oxford began their pretreatment on July 4 and completed testing on Aug 8.
Zurich began their testing in June was completed by July 22.
Zurich began their test in the same month Arizona ended theirs.
Oxford didn’t even begin their testing until a month after Arizona had completed theirs.
https://www.shroud.com/history.htm
According to Gonella, Arizona had been the first lab to date their sample, on May 6th, followed by Zurich in late June and Oxford at the end of July. Rumors began in May that Arizona had gotten a medieval date; Arizona asserted they had not leaked any data. None of the labs invited a representative from Turin to be present for the datings. Gonella, however, discovered that Arizona had invited Gove and his assistant for their dating. While they did have Gove sign an agreement that he would not disclose anything before publication, Arizona broke their signed confidentiality agreement with Turin by letting Gove attend. Gonella called the Arizona lab to confirm if it was true. On the 15th, Damon and Donahue wrote to Gonella, justifying their invitation to Gove with the desire to “keep the peace in the family” and apologizing if it was considered inappropriate. According to them, Gove initiated the idea. Damon and Donahue also sent on the 15th to the Cardinal their testing results. The Cardinal thanked them but expressed his disappointment to them that they violated the confidentiality agreement. Gonella asked Tite if he was going to express his displeasure at Arizona’s actions, but Tite said although he found their behavior reprehensible, he thought about it for several days and decided that it was not his job to “act as a police officer.”
The 1988 C-14 Dating Of The Shroud of Turin: A Stunning Exposé
Joseph Marino
Zurich had went so far as to bring in a TV crew into their labs.
Although everything related to the results was to be confidential, no less than a BBC TV crew filmed the testing at the Zurich lab. The program was broadcast well before the announcement of the dates on October 13th.
https://www.academia.edu/35676836/Polit … Dating_N25
Although everything related to the results was to be confidential, no less
than a BBC TV crew filmed the testing at the Zurich lab. The program was broadcast
well before the announcement of the dates on October 13th.
http://newvistas.homestead.com/POLITICS … UD_PT3.pdf
In Zurich, the filming of all operations by a crew from BBC Timewatch program was allowed. It is reported by Anglican Reverend David Sox, who was also there.
https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/marinelliv.pdf
The newspapers had also published the results months before the official announcement.
The leaks culminated in a story in the London Evening Standard on August 26th with the front-page headline “The Shroud is a Fake,” which quoted historian Richard Luckett of Magdalene College in Cambridge, who said, “Laboratories are rather leaky institutions.” Riggi said, “The laboratories committed themselves on their honor to provide that nothing would have leaked. Instead, they have exploited the research, they use the rumors to promote themselves.
https://www.academia.edu/35676836/Polit … Dating_N25
Two weeks before the announcement of the results by the British Museum, David Sox had published his book, The Shroud Unmasked, which revealed even he knew the test results prior to the official release.
The book, which was already printed, but not yet released, more than two weeks before the official announcement of the carbon dating results, makes clear that Sox authoritatively knew the carbon dating result well in advance. Inevitably, therefore, someone leaked their result to Sox, and he in turn was responsible directly or indirectly for at least two of the highly publicised leaks from within the U.K., those immediately in the wake of his Timewatch programme, and the Sunday Times premature announcement (headlined an “official” result) of 18 September, which the Sunday Times admitted derived from an advance copy of Sox’s book.
https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/n20part4.pdf
It was even admitted by Tite afterwards that “there had probably been leaks contrary to the agreement”.
A member of the audience then raised the question whether the laboratories had been in contact with each other during the test phase. After categorically denying it at first, Tite admitted that there had probably been leaks contrary to the agreement, and in the ensuing unrest in the hall he conceded that the so-called blind test too was really no blind test!
http://newvistas.homestead.com/POLITICS … UD_PT3.pdf
“The laboratories committed themselves on their honor to provide that nothing would have leaked. Instead, they have exploited the research, they use the rumors to promote themselves. For sure they don’t come out clean.”
Giovanni Riggi, August 1988
By Hall’s own testimony:
“Frankly, I think it was a hopeless prospect to keep the result secret. You couldn’t with the best will in the world.”
Edward Hall, January 1989
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