The Bishop of Liverpool has been asked to step aside because ... In response to the Channel 4 programme, a Church of England spokesman said that in 2023 a complaint of alleged misconduct against ...

She was put in touch with the Church’s National Safeguarding team. But by that point, Bishop John’s promotion to the Liverpool diocese had already been confirmed by the Church. “It could ...

LONDON (AP) — The Bishop of Liverpool has resigned following allegations of sexual assault and harassment, heaping more pressure on the Church of England as it seeks to move past the fallout ...

The Church of England is tonight facing a new crisis after it emerged two women made allegations of a sexual nature against the Bishop of Liverpool. One woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by ...

A group of senior church leaders in Liverpool have said the city's bishop, who faces misconduct allegations from two women, should "step aside". The Right Reverend Dr John Perumbalath's position ...

THE Rector of Liverpool Parish Church, Canon Crispin Pailing, has resigned, telling his congregation that he could “no longer, in good conscience” represent a Church which “perpetuates bias and ...

Reverend Canon Dr Crispin Pailing, the Rector of Our Lady and St Nicholas Church in Liverpool city centre, made the comments as he resigned his post. He claimed the Church of England "perpetuates ...

The Bishop of Liverpool, Dr John Perumbalath, had been “put in an impossible position”, she said. “We used the word ‘untenable’, and I think that was factually true [News, 31 January]. Whether that is ...

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The rector of Liverpool has quit the Church of England over “race, gender and sexuality discrimination”. Canon Dr Crispin Pailing left the position he has held for a decade, saying he cannot ...