canon hindley faced five police investigations.as never charged and has always strongly denied any wrongdoing. but risk assessments commissioned by the church itself concluded he did pose a potential risk to children and young people. for years, the church failed to act effectively on the warnings. the first reaction seemed to be one of fear to take it on. joan, not her real name, says her relative made a complaint of sexual misconduct against canon hindley. she won't talk about the allegations themselves, but says herfamily was deeply let down by the church. that fear seemed to revolve around the likelihood that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on. canon hindley was suspended, but restrictions 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. well, having not managed for years to get rid of a prie

canon hindley faced five police investigations.strongly denied any wrongdoing. but risk assessments commissioned by the church itself concluded he did pose a potential risk to children and young people. for years, the church failed to act effectively on the warnings. the first reaction seemed to be one of fear to take it on. joan, not her real name, says her relative made a complaint of sexual misconduct against canon hindley. she won't talk about the allegations themselves, but says herfamily was deeply let down by the church. that fear seemed to revolve around the likelihood that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on. hindley was suspended, but restrictions 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

"our priority was to ensure that canon hindley could never return to ministry. 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 greece that have been threatening the capital athens, have been brought under control. at least one person has died, while dozens have

"our priority was to ensure that canon hindley could never return to ministry.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. aleem is here. this is astonishing and i know what many viewers will be wondering, and you have been investigatin

canon hindley faced five police investigations.d any wrongdoing. but risk assessments commissioned by the church itself concluded he did pose a potential risk to children and young people. for years, the church failed to act effectively on the warnings. the first reaction seemed to be one of fear to take it on. joan, not her real name, says her relative made a complaint of sexual misconduct against canon hindley. she won't talk about the allegations themselves, but says herfamily was deeply let down by the church. that fear seemed to revolve around the likelihood that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on. canon hindley was suspended, but restrictions 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. well, having not managed for years to get rid of a priest who was deemed a risk to young people, we'v

joan, not her real name, says a relative made a complaint against canon hindley.th allegations of cells, but says her family was deeply let down. that fear seemed to revolve around the idea that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on. canon hindley was suspended at least twice, but restrictions on him weren't monitored. internal search disciplinary proceedings stalled, and there were more allegations. what we now know from leaked documents was the church appeared fearful he would take legal action if he was removed. we have now discovered when he left in 2022, it was with a payoff believed to be around a quarter of £1 million. the church says it was made to settle legal action by the priest. reverend julian henderson was bishop of blackburn at the time. he explains 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

joan, not her real name, says a relative made a complaint against canon hindley.ays herfamily the out there with allegations of cells, but says her family was deeply let down. that fear seemed to revolve around the idea that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and her family move on. canon hindley was suspended at least twice, but restrictions on him weren't monitored. internal search disciplinary proceedings stalled, and there were more allegations. what we now know from leaked documents was the church appeared fearful he would take legal action if he was removed. we have now discovered when he left in 2022, it was with a payoff believed to be around a quarter of £1 million. the church says it was made to settle legal action by the priest. reverend julian henderson was bishop of blackburn at the time. he explains 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

canon hindley faced five police investigations.n and young people. for years, the church failed to act effectively on the warnings. the first reaction seemed to be one of fear to take it on. joan, not her real name, says her relative made a complaint of sexual misconduct against canon hindley. she won't talk about the allegations themselves, but says herfamily was deeply let down by the church. that fear seemed to revolve around the likelihood that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on. canon hindley was suspended, but restrictions 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

canon andrew hindley was subject to five police investigations, but wasn't charged.l, meant to be a place of harmony and sanctuary. but at its heart a secret, kept out of the public eye for decades until now. good morning and welcome to blackburn cathedral. for more than 30 years, canon andrew hindley worked in the blackburn diocese. 0ver that time, he faced allegations of abuse, including sexual assault. we've now discovered when he left in 2022,

canon hindley faced five police investigations.. she won't talk about the allegations themselves, but says herfamily was deeply let down by the church. that fear seemed to revolve around the likelihood that the church could be brought down by this. a former bishop of blackburn even suggested she and herfamily move on. canon hindley was suspended, but restrictions 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. 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 th

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