Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The Church of England is facing a complaint about incoming Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally for the way she handled an abuse allegation as the bishop of London.
Mullally, set to become the archbishop of Canterbury next month, was accused of mishandling an allegation against a London priest. She was named archbishop of Canterbury in October after Justin Welby stepped down in the wake of another abuse scandal.
The allegation is that the priest began abusing the victim, known as N, in 2014, and that it was reported to the Diocese of London in 2019. Mullally became bishop of London in 2018.
N said that Mullally sent an email to the priest about the allegations, which is a breach of church disciplinary code. N filed a complaint against Mullally in 2020, but it wasn't properly handled because of "administrative errors and an incorrect assumption about the individual's wishes."
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