The Church of England is about to get a new figurehead, a year after Justin Welby quit, following this programme’s revelations that he’d failed to do enough to stop serial abuser John Smyth.
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But we can reveal that the church is facing calls to postpone the appointment of Sarah Mullally, the woman picked to succeed him, over allegations she, too, failed to act this time to prevent a priest taking his own life.
We’ve been investigating the circumstances leading up to the death of Father Alan Griffin, and what Bishop Sarah knew about a secret dossier containing lies and gossip about the priest’s private life.
A warning, this report contains discussion of suicide.
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