UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A former bishop said to have failed to tell police about a paedophile priest has said there was no cover-up.
Retired priest Robert Coles was jailed on Thursday for sexually abusing three boys aged from 10 to 16.
It was said in court Coles told senior clergy, including former Bishop of Lewes the Rt Rev Wallace Benn, he had abused one of the children but the information was not given to police.
Bishop Benn said there was no ineptitude or cover-up on his part.
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