Thinking Anglicans

Anthony Pierce Review

Anthony Pierce was Bishop of Swansea & Brecon between 1999 and 2008. He was jailed for four years in March last year after admitting separate sexual offences against a boy aged under 16, committed between 1985 and 1990, when he was a parish priest in the West Cross area of Swansea. The Church in Wales has published the findings of a detailed review into the way in which he was appointed to senior church roles in the 1990s despite senior clergy knowing of sexual abuse allegations against him.

There is a press release.

The full text of the review is here.

There was also a Disciplinary Tribunal: its Decision is available here.

There has been some coverage of this in the media:

BBC: Child sex abuse allegations covered up by Church in Wales for decades, report reveals

Church Times: Review confirms first episcopal deposition in Church in Wales

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