Bishop Robert Byrne of Hexham and Newcastle, 66, announced his resignation on December 12 in a letter to the people of his diocese, which is based in the northeast of England.

Timothy Gardner, 53, was jailed for eight and a half years at Newcastle Crown Court after being caught in an undercover ...

Bishop Robert Byrne undermined safety in the Hexham and Newcastle diocese, the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) said, external. He was bishop from 2019 to 2022 but stepped down amid ...

Bishop Robert Byrne made a “succession of errors of judgment”, an official report into his resignation has found. Credit: ITV Tyne Tees ...

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid serious concerns over his handling of reports about the priest in December ...

"Bishop Robert Byrne's relationship with Gardner was thoroughly investigated and rightly heavily criticised as part of the ...