UNITED KINGDOM
Crawley and Horley Observer
A Sussex school is considering changing its name because the senior clergyman it was named after was revealed as a paedophile who sexually abused a young child.
Eastbourne’s Bishop Bell was named after George Bell, the late bishop of Chichester, who died 57 years ago.
Last month it was revealed the Church of England issued a formal apology for sexual abuse committed by Bell against a young child, whose identity and gender has not been disclosed, in the 1940s and 50s.
The survivor first came forward 20 years ago, but the matter was not investigated or referred to police at the time.
The church settled the claim at the end of September and on Thursday released a letter from the serving bishop of Chichester, Martin Warner, to the survivor expressing “deep sorrow” and apologising for a “devastating betrayal of trust”.
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