The archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell was aware of the allegations before Perumbalath’s enthronement, and was accused of bullying members of a committee to secure the appointment.

Separately, Cottrell has been criticised for praising David Tudor as a “Rolls Royce priest”, despite knowing about his history of sexual misconduct. Tudor has now received a lifetime ban from ministry for sexually abusing a 15 year old girl.

The archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, was rebuked by a tribunal last month for dismissing complaints against Cottrell relating to Tudor. The tribunal said her decision was “plainly wrong”.

Mullally has recently faced allegations of safeguarding breaches herself, but last month Stephen Cottrell decided she had no case to answer.

These people don’t care about Christ, The Faith, or The Church, but only their power and positions. If they don’t repent, on That Day it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for them.