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Diocese of Liverpool says it feels bishop’s ‘position is untenable’
Channel 4 News’ North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon reports from outside Liverpool Cathedral.
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Bishop: Church has ‘more work to do’ when it comes to abuse
We spoke to Rt. Rev. Dr Joanne Grenfell, who is the lead bishop for safeguarding at the Church of England.
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Church Abuse Scandal: calls for Bishop of Liverpool to step down
This programme revealed allegations of sexual assault and harrasment against the Bishop of Liverpool. He said he’d done nothing wrong.
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Exclusive | Church Abuse Scandal: Bishop accuses bishop of sexual harassment
Channel 4 News understands that John Perumbalath, the bishop of Liverpool, was accused of sexually harassing a female bishop – and it wasn’t the first time that allegations had been made against him.
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Church seems ‘determined not to get this right’, says priest
We spoke to Charlie Bell, a fellow at Girton College and a member of the General Synod of the Church of England.
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Abuse Scandal: ‘No cover-up’ by Church says Bishop of Dover
We spoke to the Right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, bishop of Dover, who joined us from High Leigh in Hertfordshire, where she was attending a Bishops’ away day.
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Exclusive | Church Abuse Scandal: Bishop accuses bishop of sexual harassment
Our report tonight – detailing accusations of sexual assault and harassment – ratchets up the pressure, as we reveal Archbishop Stephen was informed of the allegations before the Bishop at the centre of the claims was enthroned in a more senior role.
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Church abuse claims: Giles Fraser interview
Church of England priest and broadcaster, Giles Fraser, who has written of his experience of suffering beatings at his public school in the 1970s.
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Bishop says he was victim of abuse
A leading bishop in the Church of England has tonight come out as another victim in the violent abuse scandal that has rocked the church. He’s the most senior figure in the church to come forward and the first Bishop.
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Archbishop apologises for historic ‘abuse’: the full story
They were “horrific” acts of violence. Twenty two young men groomed and ritually beaten over many years, supposedly to purge them of their sins: one even attempted suicide. The alleged perpetrator – eminent QC John Smyth – ran a Christian charity with close ties to the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury himself. Reported by Cathy Newman, produced and directed by Tom Stone, and the Channel 4 News Investigations Unit.
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Police investigate alleged ‘brutal lashings’ by Christian leader
Police have today launched an investigation into claims that teenage boys from Britain’s leading public schools were violently beaten, in what’s been described as a “sadomasochistic cult” run by a lawyer with links to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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First female bishop ordained despite protest
Britain’s first woman bishop has been consecrated at York Minster. Libby Lane became the eigth bishop of Stockport – although the ceremony did not quite pass without a hitch.
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‘Not in the Bible!’ – female bishop ordination interrupted
A protestor tried to disrupt the concecration of the Church of England’s first female bishop. Libby Lane’s ordination was interrupted by a protestor who shouted “it was not in the Bible!”
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Meet the women taking up the top religious posts
The first female bishop in the Church of England is Reverend Libby Lane. The prime minister said it was an “important day for equality.” So who are the other female firsts within their religions?
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Trial collapses after immigration officials ‘lie under oath’
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s biggest sham marriage trial has collapsed with the judge accusing UKBA officers of deliberately concealing evidence and lying under oath.