UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A “profoundly negative culture” within the Diocese of Chichester led to two decades of child protection failures, a report has concluded.
The inquiry by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s office said “fresh and disturbing” aspects of the way abuse claims were handled keep surfacing.
Lambeth Palace has said it will now oversee clergy appointments and child protection matters in Sussex.
Three local priests have been charged this year with child sex offences.
The report by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams’s office is believed to be the first of its kind in the Church of England for more than a century.
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