UNITED KINGDOM
Express
By: Jane Mathews
Published: Tue, August 5, 2014
The Right Reverend Michael Perham, 66, was due to retire in November after almost a decade as Bishop of Gloucester but stepped down last weekend blaming “personal reasons”.
Scotland Yard yesterday confirmed that he attended a police station in Gloucestershire to be interviewed over allegations dating from 1980 and 1981.
The investigation is into an alleged indecent assault of a child aged under 18 and an alleged indecent assault of a second female aged over 18.
A spokesman for the Diocese of Gloucester said: “This is a police matter. We have no further comment to make.”
A police spokesman said: “A 66-year-old man today attended a police station in Gloucestershire by appointment and was interviewed on suspicion of indecent assault of a child aged under 18 and indecent assault of a second female aged over 18.
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