ENGLAND
Telegraph
March 16, 2020
By Gabriella Swerling
The complaint was brought by the Church of England’s national director of safeguarding Melissa Caslake
The Church of England has been accused of “marking its own homework” after a Cathedral Dean left her post amid an abuse scandal – but was allowed to return to work following extra training.
The Very Reverend Christine Wilson took a leave of absence in April 2019 following a complaint about how she handled a safeguarding allegation concerning the Cathedral’s chancellor. The Dean of Lincoln Cathedral, Very Reverend Christine Wilson – who was the first woman to assume the role and whose appointment in October 2016 was approved by The Queen – said that she needed to take a leave of absence for “personal reasons”.
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