From Liverpool-An inner circle at a Merseyside church turned against their priest after he challenged their after-service drinking culture, a report into his departure revealed.
The damning investigation was carried out by a retired Bishop followed reports of difficulties at St Faith’s in Crosby, which once counted future Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Robert Runcie among its flock.
The report found that the inner circle at the church encouraged and organised a campaign of bullying against newly-arrived Father Simon Tibbs, who was forced out in September 2013.
Bishop Stephen Lowe, who wrote the report, described its findings as “disturbing and distressing”.
A six-month episcopal visitation carried out by Bishop Stephen in the wake of Father Simon’s departure found “serious failings” in some church-goers. Their behaviour towards their priest was described by Bishop Stephen as “not befitting of a Christian community”.
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