for rowena pailing, the church of england absolutely could and should have done more.says its repeated failings meant she had no choice but to step down. 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. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in blackburn. and our religion editor, aleem maqbool, joins me now. so one of the questions clearly don't come off the back of that is just what is really the only option? yes, you heard the current bishop of blackburn saying the system has failed. the question for people outside is, why not change their systems and urgently and quickly? he says that is in train but in the meantime, there must have been an alternative to paying this man nearly a quarter of £1 million is what a lot of people would ask. we have got a response from one of the men who made a decision to make that payment, which is the former bishop of blackburn. 0n payment, which is the former bishop of blackburn. on that s

for rowena pailing, the church of england absolutely could and should have done more.oice but to step down. 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. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in blackburn. it's a tragedy that continues to fascinate after more than a century. the titanic hit an iceberg and sank in april 1912. the wreckage was only discovered in 1985. since then — more than 5,000 artefacts have been retrieved from the bottom of the atlantic ocean. many of them are kept in a warehouse in the us state of georgia. our science editor — rebecca morelle — has been given rare access. relics from the most famous maritime disaster in history. from parts of the ship to passengers' belongings, everything here is a reminder of a tragedy at sea more than 100 years ago. i can't reveal the location of where i am. all i can say is that this warehouse is somewhere in atlanta, because what's inside here is incredibly preci

rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff.ms and survivors is absolutely horrific. so when there were senior clergy, bishops, saying, "0h, this is wonderful, it's all resolved, a settlement has been, has been reached", expecting me to be happy, i was devastated. canon hindley faced five police investigations. he was 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. hindley was suspended, but restrictions

for rowena pailing, the church of england absolutely could and should have done more.cision 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. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in blackburn. team gb have returned back home after a memorable olympics in paris. british athletes won 65 medals overall — one more than the total in tokyo, three years ago. many of our 0lympians are out and about today as part of team gb's new changemakers programme — supporting community projects across the country. 0ur reporter tim muffett is at a youth club in paddington to find out more. what is happening there, tim? after every olympics. _ what is happening there, tim? he every olympics, sports often report a post—olympics bounce. the idea here at north paddington sports club is to turn that short—term bounce into long—term gains. plenty of young people here inspired by what they saw in paris taking part in a range of sports, a bit of boxing going on here. y

rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff.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 been injured, and thousands of have had to leave their homes. but the authorities remain on high alert for potential flare ups, amid soaring temperatures. our correspondent azadeh moshiri is in greece — and she sent us this update from one of the worst affected suburbs of athens — pendeli. if you were here with me, you'd be able to smell the ash around me, the smell of charred ground. and there's still this dry heat here in athens. wh

rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff.ge 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 investigating this and the circumstances for some time. why didn't the church feel it could fire him? . ~ didn't the church feel it could fire him? ., ~' , , didn't the church feel it could fire him? , ,, ., didn't the church feel it could fire him? ,, ., . . him? leaked papers show some church leaders wanted — him? leaked papers show some church leaders wanted to. _ him? leaked papers show some church leaders wanted to. what _ him? leaked papers

rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff.ely 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 the middle east this week, could pave the way for a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. and a deal is seen as a way of avoiding a wider escalation of the conflict, involving iran. but on the ground the war in gaza continues, with israel claiming to have killed around a hundred hamas fighters in rafah, in southern gaza in recent days. meanwhile, palestinian medics say 19 people died in israeli air strikes today, with four—day—old twins, their mother and grandmother, reported to be among the dead. lucy williamson, has more from jerusalem. for four days, mohamme

rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff.absolutely horrific. so when there were senior clergy, bishops, saying, "0h, this is wonderful, it's all resolved, a settlement has been, has been reached", expecting me to be happy, i was devastated. canon hindley faced five police investigations. he was 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

rowena pailing was a senior blackburn cathedral priest who resigned in protest at the payoff. settlement has been reached", expecting me to be happy, i was devastated. canon hindley faced five police investigations. he was 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 i

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