ENGLAND
Church Times
October 20, 2017
By Madeleine Davies
CHESTER police have announced that they have conducted an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse made against a former Bishop of Chester, the Rt Revd Victor Whitsey, who died in 1987.
They confirmed on Tuesday that, were he alive today, he would have been spoken to by police.
Alleged victims of the Bishop say that they reported the abuse, one on the following day, but that no action was ever taken.
The current Bishop of Chester, Dr Peter Forster, and the Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, supported the investigation into “allegations of sexual offences against children and adults” by Bishop Whitsey, and have apologised to those who came forward.
The allegations date from 1974 onwards, when Bishop Whitsey was Bishop of Chester, and continued after 1981 when he retired and moved to Blackburn diocese, with permission to officiate. They relate to 13 complainants, five male and eight female.
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