UNITED KINGDOM
Brighton and Hove News
By : Frank le Duc
A payout has been agreed to the victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of a man tipped to become Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Church of England settled the case relating the former Bishop of Chichester George Bell 20 years after the victim first complained.
The news comes just two weeks after another Bishop from the diocese – former Bishop of Lewes Peter Ball – was jailed for sexually abusing boys and young men.
The diocese covers Brighton and Hove and has its administrative offices in New Church Road, Hove.
The current Bishop of Chichester Martin Warner has written to Bishop Bell’s victim to express his “deep sorrow” in a formal apology sent after the church agreed an out of court settlement.
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