The Roman Catholic bishop of Hexham and Newcastle has left his ... to leave in an address to worshippers at St Mary’s Cathedral in Newcastle. The diocese will be overseen by Archbishop Malcolm ...

Angie Richardson quit as a safeguarding coordinator for Hexham and Newcastle diocese over the bishop's behaviour. A review by the Catholic Safeguarding ... Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle.

For those inside the cathedral ... tenure in Hexham and Newcastle has been the subject of four inquiries, including one from the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops. The Catholic Safeguarding ...

Bishop Robert Byrne, was formerly of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle ... Cathedral who had groomed young people, and who killed himself in 2021 after police began to investigate him. The ...

St Mary’s Cathedral in Newcastle ... board The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) confirmed it had started an ‘unscheduled safeguarding audit’ in the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

A second source told the paper: “The cathedral had ... great a burden”. A Hexham and Newcastle diocese spokesman said: “The Diocese had previously invited the Catholic Safeguarding Standards ...

Gardner was a close associate of Bishop Robert Byrne, who resigned from the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle amid ...

Bishop Robert Byrne undermined safety in the Hexham and Newcastle diocese, the Catholic Safeguarding Standards ... Michael McCoy to Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle and the bishop's ...

A review found Bishop Robert Byrne put people at risk in the Hexham and Newcastle diocese to promote ... The damning report by the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) published in ...

Former priest Timothy Gardner, who was embroiled in the scandal which led to the resignation of the former Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle Robert ... the Vatican and the Catholic Safeguarding ...