UNITED KINGDOM
Manchester Evening News
A Catholic priest has resigned despite being told he won’t be prosecuted over allegations he sexually abused a young girl.
Father Tim Hopkins, 44, was interviewed under caution last year by detectives investigating allegations a girl was molested on three occasions between 2004 and 2007. He was not arrested.
The M.E.N. revealed last week that the Crown Prosecution Service had decided to take no further action against the clergyman after considering a police file on the case.
Now it has emerged Fr Hopkins has resigned as priest for the St John Fisher and St Mary’s churches in Denton.
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