Archbishop of York admits abuse case ‘could have been handled differently’

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Cottrell acknowledged things “could have been handled differently” as the crisis at the very top of the Church of England deepened. Mr Cottrell would have known that Tudor had been barred by the Church from being alone with children, had paid compensation to a sex abuse victim and served a five-year ban from being a priest On reflection, he acknowledges this could have been handled differently, and regrets that it wasn’t Spokeswoman for Archbishop of York A spokeswoman for Mr Cottrell said: “Even though David Tudor was already area dean when Stephen Cottrell arrived in the diocese in 2010, as the then-diocesan bishop of Chelmsford he accepts responsibility for David Tudor remaining as area dean. I heard that news with shock and dismay Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek The Bishop of Gloucester told BBC Radio 4’s The World this Weekend she felt “shock and dismay” at the latest revelations when asked whether it made a difference to the Archbishop of York’s ability to lead the Church. Mr Cottrell is due to take on many of the soon-to-step-down Archbishop of Canterbury’s official functions temporarily from January 6, when Mr Welby quits over failures in the handling of a separate sex abuse case in the Church.