UNITED KINGDOM
Rye and Battle Observer
Published on Saturday 8 September 2012
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has slammed the local diocese for its child protection failings claiming many lives have been “blighted”.
The report branded the child abuse as “wicked and shameful”.
Former Brede vicar Roy Cotton died before he could face fresh charges relating to child abuse, but there was outrage that he was allowed to carry on as a priest, by the Church of England, despite the fact the church knew of earlier criminal convictions for child abuse.
Cotton served at Brede and Udimore for a number of years and had access to the village primary school.
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