Sussex Police told the Daily Telegraph that they were no longer investigating a new allegation which was referred to them earlier this year.
A spokesman said the investigation "was completed in March 2018" and added "of course further police investigation or action is not possible as Bishop Bell died 60 years ago".
Read moreThe bishops brazenly resort to blackmail, claiming that expectant mothers will go on an abortion binge because they cannot afford another baby. We, the stingy taxpayers, will be accomplices to murder because we snatch the gruel from the mouth of babes, while the blessed band of bishops, rabbis and imams nobly defend the virtuous cause of the welfare state.
Read moreBishop Bayes chairs the trustees of the Ozanne Foundation, which is campaigning for the Church of England to change its present, exclusive definition of marriage as between one man and one woman for life.
Read moreA memo from June 2013, seen by Christian Today, reveals that John Sentamu received Ineson's allegation but recommended 'no action' be taken. Instead he replied to Ineson offering his prayers 'at this difficult time'. Devamanikkan went on to live in Witney, Oxfordshire, before eventually being charged with three counts of buggery and three counts of indecent assault last year. However he committed suicide the day before he was due in court in June last year.
Read moreBefore responding to the main accusation that Dr Percy seeks to make, it is important first to highlight a serious lack of clarity in the above paragraph.
Read moreThe IICSA hearing, which used the diocese of Chichester as a case study, has drawn out a string of both recent and historical failures to protect children and vulnerable adults in the Church, including failure to report abuse and respond appropriately to survivors.
A report on the Anglican investigation is expected by the end of the year.
Read moreThe former archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said elements of the Church had 'strong undercurrents of homosexuality' in his written evidence, according lead counsel Fiona Scolding QC. These were largely 'closeted', he told an independent inquiry into how the Church of England dealt with allegations of abuse.
Read moreIt has heard heard damning evidence of the Church's culture of deference that meant allegations against priests went unreported, how the Church's attitude to homosexuality affected it's response to abuse, how clergy repeatedly burned potentially crucial files in the belief it was important to 'wipe the slate clean' and how child victims were made to feel responsible for their abuse.
Read moreThe call to submit comes for one reason and one reason only--for the Lord's sake.
Read moreSo are there signs of hope? It's not all bad news for the Kingdom: by that year more than 30% of churchgoers will be Pentecostal or independent evangelical. Amid general decline, some CofE churches are holding their own, and there are pockets of growth.
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