{"id":134567,"date":"2025-01-30T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134567"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T23:47:16","slug":"church-times-bishop-of-warrington-breaks-silence-over-perumbalath-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134567","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Bishop of Warrington breaks silence over\u00a0Perumbalath\u00a0allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/bishop-of-warrington\">Bishop of Warrington<\/a>, the Rt Revd Bev Mason, has identified herself as the bishop who made allegations of misconduct against the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/bishop-of-liverpool\">Bishop of Liverpool<\/a>, Dr John Perumbalath, who resigned earlier on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a letter sent on Thursday afternoon to clergy in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/diocese-of-liverpool\">diocese of Liverpool<\/a>, Bishop Mason, the suffragan in the diocese, writes that, in March 2023, she was advised of a complaint against Dr Perumbalath. The complaint and subsequent investigation \u201craised what I believe were significant concerns\u201d, she writes, and this \u201cincluded my own disclosure\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Perumbalath, announcing his resignation, reiterated his denial of allegations first published by&nbsp;<em>Channel 4 News<\/em>&nbsp;on Tuesday evening (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2025\/31-january\/news\/uk\/bishop-of-liverpool-to-resign-from-active-ministry-in-church-of-england\">News, 30 January<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday,&nbsp;<em>Channel 4 News<\/em>&nbsp;reported that an unnamed bishop had made allegations of \u201csexual harassment\u201d, and described the other allegation \u2014 on which more detail was published \u2014 as one of \u201csexual assault\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2025\/31-january\/news\/uk\/bishop-of-warrington-breaks-silence-over-perumbalath-allegations\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The Bishop of Warrington, the Rt Revd Bev Mason, has identified herself as the bishop who made allegations of misconduct against the Bishop of Liverpool, Dr John Perumbalath, who resigned earlier on Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7RYKfuLkid\">https:\/\/t.co\/7RYKfuLkid<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Church Times (@ChurchTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchTimes\/status\/1885022753792598093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bishop of Warrington, the Rt Revd Bev Mason, has identified herself as the bishop who made allegations of misconduct against the&nbsp;Bishop of Liverpool, Dr John Perumbalath, who resigned earlier on Thursday. 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