Granville Gibson: Church dismissed sex priest abuse as drunkenness

ENGLAND
BBC News

December 17, 2020

Church officials dismissed claims a priest was sexually abusing young men as “drunkenness”, a report has found.

Granville Gibson was jailed in 2016 and again last year for sexual offences committed in the 1970s and 80s.

In a review of how the Diocese of Durham handled complaints about Gibson, clinical psychologist Dr Stephanie Hill said a number of “red flags” were missed.

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Granville Gibson: Church dismissed sex priest abuse as drunkenness

ENGLAND
BBC News

December 17, 2020

Church officials dismissed claims a priest was sexually abusing young men as “drunkenness”, a report has found.

Granville Gibson was jailed in 2016 and again last year for sexual offences committed in the 1970s and 80s.

In a review of how the Diocese of Durham handled complaints about Gibson, clinical psychologist Dr Stephanie Hill said a number of “red flags” were missed.

Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.