UNITED KINGDOM/AUSTRALIA
The Independent (UK)
ROB WILLIAMS FRIDAY 10 MAY 2013
Sexual abuse claims against a cleric in the Church of England were not referred to police by a former Archbishop of York, David Hope, it was alleged today.
According to The Times newspaper Lord Hope of Thornes was made aware of accusations against the former Dean of Manchester, Robert Waddington, in 1999 and again in 2003.
Waddington was stripped of his right to conduct church services but Lord Hope did not report concerns to police or child protection agencies.
The allegations relating to an Australian school pupil were reportedly put to Lord Hope in 1999 and a subsequent allegation relating to a Manchester Cathedral choirboy was made in 2003. Mr Waddington, who died in 2007, denied the allegations.
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