Bishop of Carlisle made ‘significant errors of judgement’ concludes safeguarding inquiry
THE Bishop of Carlisle, the Rt Revd James Newcome, made “significant errors of judgement” when he wrote a character reference for the Revd Robert Bailey, a former parish priest in his diocese who has since been convicted of the sexual abuse of two under-13s in the 2010s. This is the conclusion of an investigation by the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team (NST)
16 Mar 2021