"In findings published on Thursday, the church-appointed president of tribunals, Stephen Males, concluded that some mistakes were made in the handling of Tudor's case, but the threshold for misconduct was not met. Males, a former court of appeal and high court judge, said Cottrell had no power to remove Tudor from ministry and could not be held responsible for the previous decision to allow Tudor back into ministry."
"Tudor was barred from ministry for life in 2024 after acknowledging he had sexual relationships with two teenage girls, aged 15 and 16, in the 1980s. He had previously been suspended from ministry for five years in 1988 after admitting to having sex with a 16-year-old girl who was a pupil at a school where he was chaplain. He returned to working in the church in 1994."
Stephen Cottrell allowed priest David Tudor to remain in ministry during his oversight from 2010 despite Tudor’s history of sexual abuse. Tudor was barred for life in 2024 after acknowledging sexual relationships with two teenage girls, aged 15 and 16, in the 1980s. Tudor had been suspended for five years in 1988 after admitting sex with a 16-year-old pupil and returned to church work in 1994. Records show Cottrell renewed Tudor’s contract as area dean twice and was aware Tudor was banned from being alone with children and had paid £10,000 compensation. A church-appointed tribunal judge found mistakes but said the misconduct threshold was not met and that Cottrell lacked power to remove Tudor; Cottrell said he regretted some choices and had lessons to learn.
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