Robert Waddington, who was Dean of Manchester Cathedral between 1984 and 1993, died of cancer in 2007. But despite a flurry of abuse allegations against him during his lifetime the church failed to take action.He was permitted to continue officiating 'on the grounds of his age and frailty without seemingly any consideration of the risks to children with whom he came into contact', the report found.Waddington's case is cited in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's report into the Anglican Church.The inquiry heard that in 1999 a 'serious allegation' was made to the then-Archbishop of York David Hope about Waddington dating from 1961 to 1971 when he was headmaster of a school in Australia.But, after meeting with Waddington, the.
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