CofE cannot stop abuse vicar using 'Rev' title, Welby admits
An alleged victim of an ex-vicar jailed for sex offences has criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury for saying he is powerless to stop the man using the title "Reverend".
Guy Bennett, who was a vicar in Oxted, Surrey, was sentenced to nine months in 1999 for indecently assaulting three girls.
Bennett was photographed in 2008 wearing a clerical collar.
Writing to Lucy Duckworth, who claims she was abused by the former vicar, Justin Welby said Bennett had been disqualified from holding any office in the Church.
12 Jan 2015