UNITED KINGDOM
Blackmore Vale
By DavidBol | Posted: August 06, 2014
A Dorset-born bishop has been questioned by police over allegations of historical sex abuse.
The Bishop of Gloucester, The Right Reverend Michael Perham, was quizzed over the claims, dating back more than 30 years.
Days after standing down for “personal reasons”, the Dorchester native was quizzed about allegations that he had abused a girl under 18 and a woman.
Speculation had been mounting since the Bishop resigned on Friday as the cathedral prepared for a series of First World War centenary services.
Now it has emerged that officers probing historic allegations of indecent assault had arranged to speak to the married father-of-four on a voluntary basis. The investigation is being run by the Metropolitan Police Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command.
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