response from one of the men who made a decision to make that payment, which is the former bishop of blackburnayment, which is the former bishop of blackburn. on that settlement he says, our priority was to ensure canon hindley could never return to ministry, this was primarily to protect children and young people from the risky post. the decision was made at the time, this was the only option left to us to obtain the desired outcome. i wish other mechanisms by which canon hindley could have been removed were available. but we have spoken to safeguarding experts, even those who have done reviews into the church, who say if you were worried about legal action, that is not an excuse. when it comes to safeguarding, there is only one priority which is the safety of young people. so the risk assessment comes back and said somebody should not be around children and young people, you get rid of them and you deal with the legal ramifications. but the church says it is looking into what it can learn from this case and others but it has said that in the past, and i think a lot of people are waiting for

a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on.ons on him weren't monitored. internal church investigations into him were dismissed and there were more allegations, as recently as 2018. the institution seemed fearful he would take legal action if he was removed. in the end, canon hindley was forced to retire early and accepted a large payment. the church says it was to settle a legal dispute and was their only option to remove him. i don't think anybody can be quite happy with the way that that situation was resolved. the current bishop of blackburn, philip north, was not in post when the settlement was made and says lessons need to be learned. but what about all the warnings the church had? there is a grey area around risk assessments, and so a priest can have a risk assessment, which can indicate a level of risk and the action, the powers of a diocesan bishop or a dsa are limited. there are people listening who will feel there's no grey area there. if a risk assessment comes along and says children are unsafe around a member of c

reverend julian henderson was bishop of blackburn at the time.ns the payment by saying in a statement... "our priority was to ensure that canon hindley could never return to ministry. this was primarily to protect children and vulnerable young people from the risk he posed. this was the only option left open to us." i took a decision on conscience that i couldn't work for an organisation which put its own reputation and the protection of alleged abusers above the protection and care and listening to victims and survivors. rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff. the message that that sends to victims and survivors is absolutely horrific, so when there were senior clergy, bishops saying, oh, this is wonderful, it's all resolved, a settlement has been reached, expecting me to be happy, i was devastated. the church has acknowledged huge failings in its safeguarding system, but critics insist, when risk assessments show a priest poses a threat of harm, more could and should be done, whatever the le

reverend julian henderson was bishop of blackburn at the time.our priority was to ensure that canon hindley could never return to ministry. this was primarily to protect children and vulnerable young people from the risk he posed. this was the only option left open to us." i took a decision on conscience that i couldn't work for an organisation which put its own reputation and the protection of alleged abusers above the protection and care and listening to victims and survivors. rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff. the message that that sends to victims and survivors is absolutely horrific, so when there were senior clergy, bishops saying, oh, this is wonderful, it's all resolved, a settlement has been reached, expecting me to be happy, i was devastated. the church has acknowledged huge failings in its safeguarding system, but critics insist, when risk assessments show a priest poses a threat of harm, more could and should be done, whatever the legal consequences. the huge wildfires in gree

reverend julian henderson was bishop of blackburn at the time.ty was to ensure that canon hindley could never return to ministry. this was primarily to protect children and vulnerable young people from the risk he posed. this was the only option left open to us." i took a decision on conscience that i couldn't work for an organisation which put its own reputation and the protection of alleged abusers above the protection and care and listening to victims and survivors. rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff. the message that that sends to victims and survivors is absolutely horrific, so when there were senior clergy, bishops saying, oh, this is wonderful, it's all resolved, a settlement has been reached, expecting me to be happy, i was devastated. the church has acknowledged huge failings in its safeguarding system, but critics insist, when risk assessments show a priest poses a threat of harm, more could and should be done, whatever the legal consequences. hopes remain that planned talks in t

a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on.en't monitored. internal church investigations into him were dismissed and there were more allegations, as recently as 2018. the institution seemed fearful he would take legal action if he was removed. in the end, canon hindley was forced to retire early and accepted a large payment. the church says it was to settle a legal dispute and was their only option to remove him. i don't think anybody can be quite happy with the way that that situation was resolved. the current bishop of blackburn, philip north, was not in post when the settlement was made and says lessons need to be learned. but what about all the warnings the church had? there is a grey area around risk assessments, and so a priest can have a risk assessment, which can indicate a level of risk and the action, the powers of a diocesan bishop or a dsa are limited. there are people listening who will feel there's no grey area there. if a risk assessment comes along and says children are unsafe around a member of clergy, that's

reverend julian henderson was bishop of blackburn at the time. statement: our priority was to ensure that canon hindley could never return to ministry. this was primarily to protect children and vulnerable young people from the risk he posed. this was the only option left open to us. i took a decision on conscience that i couldn't work for an organisation which put its own reputation and the protection of alleged abusers above the protection and care and listening to victims and survivors. moreno was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payer. the message that that sends to victims and survivors is absolutely horrific, so when there were senior clergy, bishops saying, oh, this is wonderful, it is all resolved, a settlement has been reached, expecting me to be happy, i was devastated. the church has acknowledged huge failings in its safeguarding system, but critics insist when risk assessments show a priest poses a threat of harm, more could and should be done, whatever the legal consequences. still to come on the wor

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a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on.im weren't monitored. internal church investigations into him were dismissed and there were more allegations, as recently as 2018. the institution seemed fearful he would take legal action if he was removed. well, having not managed for years to get rid of a priest who was deemed a risk to young people, we've seen leaked letters that show that leaders of the church of england felt an alternative would just be to close blackburn cathedral completely. a plan that wasn'tjust discussed but appears at one point to have been approved. in the end, canon hindley was forced to retire early and accepted a large payment. the church says it was to settle a legal dispute and was their only option to remove him. i don't think anybody can be quite happy with the way that that situation was resolved. the current bishop of blackburn, philip north, was not in post when the settlement was made and says lessons need to be learned. but what about all the warnings the church had? there is a grey area around

a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on.as 2018. the institution seemed fearful he would take legal action if he was removed. in the end, canon hindley was forced to retire early and accepted a large payment. the church says it was to settle a legal dispute and was their only option to remove him. i don't think anybody can be quite happy with the way that that situation was resolved. the current bishop of blackburn, philip north, was not in post when the settlement was made and says lessons need to be learned. but what about all the warnings the church had? there is a grey area around risk assessments, and so a priest can have a risk assessment, which can indicate a level of risk, and the action — the powers of a diocesan bishop or a dsa are limited. there are people listening who will feel there's no grey area there. if a risk assessment comes along and says children are unsafe around a member of clergy, that's pretty black and white. i completely agree with you. i suppose the answer would be, but, actually, that priest has

a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on.of england felt an alternative would just be to close blackburn cathedral completely. a plan that wasn'tjust discussed but appears at one point to have been approved. in the end, canon hindley was forced to retire early and accepted a large payment. the church says it was to settle a legal dispute and was their only option to remove him. i don't think anybody can be quite happy with the way that that situation was resolved. the current bishop of blackburn, philip north, was not in post when the settlement was made and says lessons need to be learned. but what about all the warnings the church had? there is a grey area around risk assessments, and so a priest can have a risk assessment, which can indicate a level of risk and the action, the powers of a diocesan bishop are limited. there are people listening who will feel there's no grey area there. if a risk assessment comes along and says children are unsafe around a member of clergy, that's pretty black and white. i completely agree w