Inquiry Judge Hid Claims of Bishop’s Sex Abuse

By Sean O’Neill
The Times
July 12, 2014

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4145685.ece

The retired judge leading the Westminster child abuse inquiry kept allegations about a bishop out of a review of how the Church of England dealt with two paedophile priests because she “cared about the Church”, The Times can disclose.

Baroness Butler-Sloss told a victim of alleged abuse that she did not want the claims to be in the public domain because “the press would love a bishop”.

The revelations led to fresh calls yesterday for the peer to step down as chairwoman of the new inquiry. The choice of Lady Butler-Sloss to head the investigation has come under fire because...