UNITED KINGDOM
Hertfordshire Mercury
The priest of a Baldock church embroiled in scandal voluntarily stepped down from his role in a school while an investigation took place.
Reverend Andrew Holford, rector of St Mary’s Church, chose to stop working with St Mary’s Junior School while the Diocese of St Albans investigated the misuse of a church computer.
The computer had been used to view pornographic images, which according to accusations included indecent images of children, although an on-going police investigation has found no evidence of this.
Pat Jenkins, head teacher of the school, said: “The Rector of St Mary’s voluntarily stepped aside from his ministry work in our school while the Diocese of St Albans conducted an investigation into events which took place at St Mary’s Church in 2010.
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