Bishop of Beverley Faces Ban for Telling Abuse Victim to ‘move On’

By Kaya Burgess
The Times
October 22, 2020

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bishop-of-beverley-faces-ban-for-telling-abuse-victim-to-move-on-5cvwndvcp

The Bishop of Beverley was criticised for allegedly failing to investigate claims against one of the Church of England’s most prolific paedophiles

A Church of England bishop could face a life ban from office after being accused of telling the victim of a paedophile bishop to “forget it and move on”.

The Bishop of Beverley, the Right Rev Glyn Webster, 69, has been criticised in a report for allegedly failing to investigate reports that the late Victor Whitsey, a former Bishop of Chester, had repeatedly sexually abused a boy in the 1970s, starting when he was 14.

An independent review commissioned by the church found today that Whitsey, who died in 1987, was a prolific paedophile who groomed and abused a “large number” of children and young people over 15 years.

It published details of “appalling” assaults against at least 18 victims ...