Former Bishop of Bath and Wells’s son is arrested over allegations of historic sex abuse

UNITED KINGDOM
Bristol Post

By Ian Onions | Posted: October 22, 2016

The son of Lord Carey, former Bishop of Bath and Wells, has been arrested over allegations of child sex abuse which date back to the 1980s.

The Rev Mark Carey, 51, was arrested by police at his home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and later released pending further inquiries.

Lord Carey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, became Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham after he retired.

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