{"id":21872,"date":"2014-08-05T15:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=21872"},"modified":"2014-08-05T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T19:03:03","slug":"bishop-of-gloucester-michael-perham-under-investigation-for-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bishop-of-gloucester-michael-perham-under-investigation-for-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop of Gloucester, Michael Perham under investigation for sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-gloucestershire-28664990\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Bishop of Gloucester has been interviewed by police investigating two allegations of indecent assault.<\/p>\n<p>The Right Reverend Michael Perham announced on Friday he was to &#8220;step-back&#8221; from his duties with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>A 66-year-old man attended a police station in Gloucester on Tuesday but was not arrested, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of Gloucester said as it was a police matter it would not be commenting further.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Church of England, demonstrating that it really can move quickly when it has the proper motivation, has changed the web page for the Bishop of Gloucester to say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofengland.org\/our-views\/the-church-in-parliament\/bishops-in-the-house-of-lords\/bishop-of-gloucester.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21873\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Perham-after.jpg\" alt=\"Perham after\" width=\"798\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Perham-after.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Perham-after-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Perham-after-500x285.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Until very recently the page looked like <a href=\"http:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:vEEE2h6VajYJ:https:\/\/www.churchofengland.org\/our-views\/the-church-in-parliament\/bishops-in-the-house-of-lords\/bishop-of-gloucester.aspx+&amp;cd=9&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=ca&amp;client=firefox-a\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21874\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Perham-before.jpg\" alt=\"Perham before\" width=\"761\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Perham-before.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Perham-before-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case anyone is tempted to jump rashly to the wrong conclusion, the Church of England categorically denies that its bishops are carefully selected from a genetic pool known for its involuntary, excessive, prurient, lascivious and frequently deviant interest in sex, one that is matched only by overpaid celebrities and Catholic bishops. Stop laughing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the BBC: The Bishop of Gloucester has been interviewed by police investigating two allegations of indecent assault. The Right Reverend Michael Perham announced on Friday he was to &#8220;step-back&#8221; from his duties with immediate effect. 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