The Bishop of Liverpool has announced his retirement after allegations of sexual assault and harassment were made against him.
The Right Reverend Dr John Perumbalath said he did not want to be a "distraction" after claims made by two women were outlined in a Channel 4 News investigation.
He said it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".
One woman was allegedly assaulted in the diocese of Chelmsford in Essex, where the clergyman was Bishop of Bradwell, on separate occasions between 2019 and 2023. A female bishop also told Channel 4 News she was sexually harassed by him.
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Originally from Kerala in South India, Bishop Perumbalath was ordained into the Church of North India in 1994.
He moved to the UK in 2001, first taking up positions in the Diocese of Rochester
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In his letter to the city's MPs, Bishop John also calls for an asylum system "that would serve both our nation/our economy and those who arrive here after being forced to leave their own home".
He said the current political narrative "aids hostility towards the most vulnerable and creates tension between different communities that leads to hatred".
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LOL forced from their homes... SAD the world is filled with such LIARS 💀 POOR KIDS... breaks my heart...
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So un-Christian
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Even devout Christians won't assimilate to the local culture smh
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He's even kept his bindi
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But very jeet
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Huh, so the jeet instinct is more powerful than the priesthood urges...
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Oh, he's an Anglo church Bishop, not a Catholic Bishop
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Don't worry, they do a lot of molesting too.
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enjoy prison, child
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Nah snaps you gotta post a racist meme to go to prison there
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