UNITED KINGDOM
in-Cumbria
By Chris Story
Published at 10:55, Friday, 26 July 2013
A judge has been appointed to lead an independent inquiry into allegations of child abuse by a former Carlisle Cathedral canon.
Judge Sally Cahill QC will examine the church’s handling of historic claims made against the Very Rev Robert Waddington.
And the archbishop who has ordered the inquiry says the church is ready to face facts and acknowledge any failure in its work to protect children from sexual abuse.
Mr Waddington served as Residentiary Canon of Carlisle Cathedral and Bishop’s Adviser for Education from 1972 to 1977. He died in 2007, aged 79.
The claims allegedly involved an Australian schoolboy and a Manchester choirboy. The Diocese of Carlisle and Cumbria Police have previously confirmed the allegations do not relate to Mr Waddington’s time in Carlisle.
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