Sentamu rejects report findings that he failed to act on child sexual abuse claim

John Sentamu, the former archbishop of York, said the author of the report had a ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of the responsibilities of bishops and archbishops. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

John Sentamu, the former archbishop of York, failed to act on disclosures that a Church of England vicar raped a 16-year-old boy, a report commissioned by the church has found.

Lord Sentamu immediately rejected the conclusions of the report, saying the author, an experienced safeguarding investigator, had a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the responsibilities of bishops and archbishops.