UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
Dozens of Church of England officials failed to take action after being told of ‘sadistic’ abuse on a boy by a paedophile clergyman, a damning report has revealed.
Over 40 years, the victim repeatedly spoke about the treatment he suffered as a 15-year-old, in what was described as ‘a tragic catalogue of exploitation and harm’.
But an independent report by safeguarding expert Ian Elliott found officials failed to act – leading the church to issue an official apology last night and promise it would introduce a raft of changes on how it handles sex abuse allegations.
The Church of England published only the conclusions and recommendations of the review, without names, but last night The Guardian revealed further details from within the report.
The newspaper said the victim was subjected to a ‘sadistic’ assault in 1976 – and named the perpetrator as Garth Moore, chancellor of three dioceses and vicar of St Mary’s Abchurch in the City of London. The clergyman died in 1990.
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