ENGLAND
The Telegraph
July 29, 2018
By Harry Farley
Church of England bishops are turning on each other after the lead figure on safeguarding was locked out of discussions about a former archbishop accused of covering up child sexual abuse.
Lord Carey stepped down as an honourary assistant bishop in Oxford last year at the request of the current archbishop, Justin Welby, after a damning report last year accused the Church of colluding with disgraced paedophile bishop Peter Ball in the 1990s.
But just months after being asked to step down, Lord Carey was allowed to return to preaching after the Bishop of Oxford, Steven Croft, reinstated his “permission to officiate” (PTO) earlier this year.
The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Peter Hancock, who leads the Church’s response to safeguarding, revealed on Sunday he was not consulted about the decision to reinstate Lord Carey.
Despite Bishop Hancock being sidelined, The Telegraph understands that other senior figures in the Church, including at Lambeth Palace, were involved and approved allowing Lord Carey to return to ministry.
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