Helen-Ann Hartley
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 51 |
| Date of birth | May 28,1973 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Edinburgh |
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| Consecration | February 22, 2014 |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Leeds |
| Predecessor | James Bell |
| Church | Church of England |
| Books | Reflections for Lent 2017: 1 March - 15 April 2017 |
| Reflections for Daily Prayer: Advent 2016 to Christ the King 2017 | |
| Thinking About the Bible | |
| Making Sense of the Bible | |
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| ID | 1358178 |
Helen-Ann Hartley Life story
Helen-Ann Macleod Hartley is a British Anglican bishop and academic. She has been the Bishop of Ripon in the Church of England, an area bishop of the Diocese of Leeds, since 2018. She previously served as Bishop of Waikato in New Zealand from 2014 to 2017.
Lord Sentamu: Former Archbishop of York told to step down from Church
The former Archbishop of York has been forced to step down from his Church of England role after a review into how he handled a child sex abuse allegation.
Lord Sentamu has already rejected The Report 's findings which said he failed to act on a claim made by a victim.
He had been an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Newcastle.
The Bishop of Newcastle has asked him to step back from active ministry " until both the findings and his response can be explored further".
The Church has apologised to retired vicar Matthew Ineson, who was 16 when he was abused in the 1980s and has waived his legal right to anonymity.
His abuser, The Reverend Trevor Devamanikkam,
In 2013, Mr Ineson told senior clergy about the abuse, including Lord Sentamu who was then Archbishop of York.
Devamanikkam was charged with six serious sexual offences in May 2017. He was found dead The Day before he was due to appear at court in Bradford.
On Thursday, an independent review commissioned by the found Lord Sentamu when The Victim made his disclosure.
On Saturday, the Diocese of Newcastle which said in light of the findings The Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley " required Lord Sentamu. . to step back from active ministry until both the findings and his response can be explored further".
It added: " The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell , is fully supportive of this decision.
" The Diocese of Newcastle remains committed to the highest standards of safeguarding which seeks always to place victims and survivors at The Heart of this vital work. "
Lord Sentamu of Lindisfarne was commissioned as honorary assistant bishop for Newcastle in June 2021, a year after he stood down as archbishop.
He has been approached for comment.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
