UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By Chris Brooke
A judge has condemned the Church of England and social services for a cover-up that allowed a vicar who sexually abused a teenage orphan to escape justice for 26 years.
John Yallop, a married father of four, had been offering bereavement counselling to the 16-year-old girl just months after she lost her entire family.
He admitted the abuse, which took place over two months, when confronted by a social worker.
But instead of reporting him to police, the Bishop of Sheffield and social services chiefs hushed up the scandal and Yallop, then 40, was allowed to leave his job and move away from the area to restart his life.
The victim, now aged 42, has suffered depression and suicidal thoughts ever since.
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