UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The Bishop of Manchester has praised the sexual abuse victims of a former cathedral dean for coming forward and “making it just a little easier for the next person to speak”.
Right Reverend David Walker was responding to a report into how abuse allegations against the Very Rev Robert Waddington were handled.
At least two men made claims of abuse in 1999 and at some time in 2003-04.
Bishop Walker said he wanted to thank them for their “courage”.
Last week the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu apologised to those who suffered at the hands of the late Dean Waddington, who died in 2007.
His predecessor was criticised for not acting on allegations in the report, by Judge Sally Cahill, which found “systemic failures” within the Church of England.
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