ENGLAND
The Telegraph
October 2, 2017
By Sarah Knapton
The BBC and the Archbishop of Canterbury should both stop pointing the finger at one another over child abuse, a representative of victims has said after a row over how the corporation and the Church of England handled complaints.
The Most Rev Justin Welby had claimed the church handled sex scandals with more integrity than the broadcaster.
Richard Scorer, a specialist abuse lawyer at Slater and Gordon, who has represented victims of Savile and former Bishop Peter Ball said the BBC and the Church of England should both be “looking very hard at themselves and be focused entirely on how they can both look to improve safeguarding in the future.”
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