UNITED KINGDOM
Gloucestershire Echo
Questions about historic sex abuse allegations against the Bishop of Gloucester will not be allowed at a public meeting on appointing his successor.
On September 22, an open meeting will be held at Gloucester Cathedral where members of the public can have their say on what the next bishop should bring to the diocese.
Last month the current bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Perham, stepped back from his duties as it emerged he had been questioned by the Metropolitan Police in connection with allegations of indecent assault on a child aged under 18 years and indecent assault on a second female aged over 18 years in the early 1980s.
Bishop Michael, who has not been arrested, was due to retire in November anyway and the Bishop of Tewkesbury, the Right Reverend Martyn Snow, has taken over his duties until then.
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