UNITED KINGDOM
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Former Gloucester Bishop given clearance by church over allegations to take up ministry in retirement

by Stuart Rust, reporter covering Dursley, Cam, Sharpness, Slimbridge, Kingscote, Stone, Coaley, Berkeley, Uley, Woodford, North Nibley, Wotton-under-Edge, Kingswood, Stinchcombe and Cambridge

FORMER Bishop of Gloucester Rev Michael Perham has been cleared to take up ministry in his retirement following a church probe into a ceased police investigation.

In 2014 Mr Perham faced police investigation over allegations of indecent assault in the early 1980s.

In October last year it was announced that, following questioning by police, Mr Perham would face no further action over the allegations.

After the investigation the matter was reviewed by the Church of England. On Monday, May 11, news came from Lambeth Palace, the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, that the former Bishop had been cleared to take up ministry in his…