Letters to archbishop raise Chichester diocese child safety fears

Social care chiefs do not believe children's safety is assured within services provided by the Diocese of Chichester, letters have revealed.

BBC South East Today obtained copies of the letters from East Sussex County Council to the Archbishop of Canterbury under the Freedom of Information Act.

The correspondence called for the immediate suspension of the Bishop of Lewes, the Right Reverend Wallace Benn.

Lawyers for the bishop said the letters contained significant inaccuracies. The Church has not commented.