UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A former Bishop of Grimsby has said he is “disappointed” with police for not investigating a clergyman for child sex abuse 16 years ago.
Stephen Crabtree, 59, was jailed on Thursday for abusing a 15-year-old girl in Lincolnshire between 1992 and 1993.
The Rt Rev David Rossdale said the matter was reported to Norfolk Police in 2000 but no action was taken.
The force said “no formal complaint was ever made to us and therefore would not be recorded”.
Former Church of England minister Crabtree, from Bradford, was jailed for three years at Lincoln Crown Court after admitting six counts of indecent assault, which took place in the East Lindsey district area.
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