this year there was no christmas sermon at canterbury cathedral from the archbishop of canterbury.was, we are told, spending private time with his family. instead all eyes were on york minster, and the archbishop of york, steven cotterell. he too is now under scrutiny for his handling of a child abuser in his charge, although he said he did everything he could. in his sermon he said people needed to do more than talk of justice, but needed to act. to put the needs of others first. those who are cold, and hungry this christmas. those who are victims of abuse, and exploitation. ijust feel that he's not the right person to give that message at this time. she doesn't want to be identified but one of the abuse victims of the priest that worked for nine years under steven cotterill despite his knowledge of the serious concerns about him says it is now hard to listen to the archbishop preach. ijust feel he hasn't really thought about how victims would feel in this context, and how he is happy to be the voice of the church moving into christmas, when all i see when i see him, is a man that

well, this year there will be no christmas sermon at canterbury cathedral from the archbishop of canterburyamily. instead, all eyes will be on york minster — and the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell. he, too, is now under scrutiny for his handling of a child abuser in his charge, though he says he did everything he could. in his sermon today, he's expected to talk of putting first the needs of the vulnerable. ijust feel that he's not the right person to give that message at this time. she doesn't want to be identified, but one of the abuse victims of the priest that continued in post for nine years under stephen cottrell is having her say, after decades of suffering trauma in silence. i will find it difficult to listen to stephen cottrell and not separate the message that he's putting across from what i know he hasn't done. and i don't think that's what the christmas message should be about. for victims — notjust in this case, but others — there is a sense this can't be a christmas where it's business as usual, and where they end up getting forgotten again. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in y

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he will not preside over the christmas service at canterbury cathedral.lier this week, mr cottrell acknowledged things could have been handled differently after revelations that a priest at the centre of a sexual abuse case was twice reappointed under him while he was serving as bishop of chelmsford. in other news today, hundreds of migrants have been crossing the english channelin been crossing the english channel in small boats on christmas day. more than 100 have already arrived in dover harbour in the early hours of today. several boats were seen making that dangerous journey from france this morning, with more expected to follow over the course of the day. those who arrived in dover following early hours crossings broke a period of more than a week when no boats had been spotted. it comes after gb news exclusively revealed yesterday that thousands of migrants were massing along the northern coast of france, preparing to cross to the uk over this christmas period. elsewhere, a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was dnve

well, this year there will be no christmas sermon at canterbury cathedral from the archbishop of canterburyd, be spending private time with his family. instead, all eyes will be on york minster — and the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell. he, too, is now under scrutiny for his handling of a child abuser in his charge, though he says he did everything he could. in his sermon today, he's expected to talk of putting first the needs of the vulnerable. ijust feel that he's not the right person to give that message at this time. she doesn't want to be identified, but one of the abuse victims of the priest that continued in post for nine years under stephen cottrell is having her say, after decades of suffering trauma in silence. i will find it difficult to listen to stephen cottrell and not separate the message that he's putting across from what i know he hasn't done. and i don't think that's what the christmas message should be about. for victims — notjust in this case, but others — there is a sense this can't be a christmas where it's business as usual, and where they end up getting forgotte