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Vicar suspended by Church of England denies historic sex offences claims
Court.The offences are alleged to have happened in the 1970s and 1980s, StokeonTrentLive reports.Green - who is currently suspended from her position at the priest-in-charge of Marbury with Tushingham and Whitewell in Cheshire - is due to go on trial next year.The trial is expected to last five days and the 57-year-old's unconditional bail has been extended.The Chester Diocese issued a statement following Green's court appearance.In a statement, Keith Sinclair, the Bishop of Birkenhead, said: "The charges relate to a long time before Mrs Green was ordained and are not related to her work as a church minister of school governor."In January, having received information from the police, and in line with national church procedures, I suspended