UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The Bishop of Chichester has said he is “profoundly ashamed” the Sussex church failed to protect children from abuse.
Dr Martin Warner, who has led the diocese since May, said apology was “too light a word” and the organisation needed to register “our shame”.
He said it needed to do everything in its power to stop it happening again.
His comments came after a report found a “profoundly negative culture” within the Diocese of Chichester led to two decades of child protection failures.
The inquiry by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s office said “fresh and disturbing” aspects of the way abuse claims were handled keep surfacing.
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