UNITED KINGDOM
Evening Standard
A vicar has resigned from his post after an investigation found he had “engaged in sexual acts” with a schoolgirl.
Simon Sayers, rector at the Warblington with Emsworth parish in Hampshire, was arrested last year over an allegation of indecent assault in London in the 1990s.
The Metropolitan Police did not charge him, but a follow-up investigation by the church concluded that his behaviour with the teenager, a 16-year-old girl, abused his position of trust.
The disgraced rector has been banned from serving in the Church of England for five years.
Police arrested Mr Sayers in January 2015 after complaints were made about alleged offences that took place in the Islington area in 1995.
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