UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A retired Church of England priest has been bailed after his arrest on suspicion of acts of indecency, indecent assault and cruelty against a boy.
The victim was aged 12 and 13 at the time of the alleged incidents in 1988 and 1989.
The 56-year old’s arrest in Eastbourne, East Sussex, follows a Diocese of Chichester-commissioned inquiry.
Earlier this year two other priests referred to in the report were jailed.
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They were convicted for sex attacks on children, but police have said the arrested man has no link with those offences.
A statement from the Diocese of Chichester said the priest did not currently have permission to officiate.
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