Former Archbishop Investigated over Claims of Sex Abuse Cover-up

By Sean O’Neill
The Times
June 8, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/former-archbishop-investigated-over-claims-of-sex-abuse-cover-up-jrb8h2cpl

Lord Hope of Thornes failed to report concerns about an abusive clergyman

A former archbishop of York is under police investigation over his failure to tell the authorities about complaints that a fellow senior Anglican was a child abuser.

North Yorkshire police is investigating Lord Hope of Thornes, 76, for a possible offence of misconduct in public office over his handling of the case of Rev Robert Waddington, the former dean of Manchester.

Waddington’s abuse of choirboys and schoolboys, spanning more than half a century, was exposed by a Times investigation in 2013, which also revealed that the Church of England repeatedly failed to report suspicions about him to police or social