Most Rev John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, briefly responded to the victim CARL COURT/GETTY IMAGESThe Archbishop of York and four other Church of England bishops are under police investigation over allegations that they failed to respond properly to a report of clerical child abuse. Matthew Ineson, a former priest, alleges that he was raped at the age of 16 by a vicar, the Rev Trevor Devamanikkam, in the 1980s. He claims that he reported the abuse in 2012 and 2013 to senior clergymen including the Most Rev John Sentamu, who as Archbishop of York is the church’s second most senior member of clergy, and alleges that they failed to follow proper procedures and did not advise him to tell police. Devamanikkam was later charged with indecent assault and buggery without consent, but took his own life in 2017 before…

Source: The Times April 01, 2018 23:03 UTC