UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A report on child abuse in the diocese of Chichester has been published more than a decade after it was written, following pressure from victims.
The report on abuse between the 1970s and 2000 in the diocese and at the Cathedral was written in January 2004.
The case review followed the conviction of Terence Banks in 2001 for 32 sexual offences against 12 boys over 29 years.
The diocese said victims had “consistently asked for the full facts to be brought to light”.
The review was commissioned by the then Bishop of Chichester, the Right Reverend Dr John Hind.
Banks had a long association with Chichester Cathedral and grew up living in the Treasury, before leaving home to move to London.
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