Calls for Archbishop of York to resign over abuse case failings

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell is facing calls to resign over his handling of a sexual abuse case.

As Bishop of Chelmsford , he let priest David Tudor remain in post despite knowing he had been barred by the Church from being alone with children and had paid compensation to a sex abuse victim.

The Bishop of Newcastle the Rt Rev Helen-Ann Hartley says he could have done more and should resign as archbishop.

A spokesperson for the Archbishop says he did not have the legal power to sack Tudor .

Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley criticises Church 's failure to deal with abuse.

She says Stephen Cottrell should have been disciplined against Tudor .

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey agreed to remove Tudor 's name from record of clergy who had been subject to disciplinary proceedings.

Tudor was found guilty of sexual abuse in 1988 but conviction was later quashed.

Rev Penn alerted the BBC to the Tudor case after reading our story about the Church paying off a Blackburn Cathedral priest assessed as a potential risk to children.

Church of England said the BBC File on 4 investigation "reveals a catalogue of past safeguarding decisions, that allowed someone considered a risk in the 1980s to return to ministry in the 1990s ".