By Andrew Hartley & Dan Farthing
BBC Look North
A woman whose concerns about a grooming priest were ignored by a Roman Catholic bishop said she feels vindicated for informing his superiors about him.
Bishop Robert Byrne was heavily criticised for promoting Canon Michael McCoy despite safeguarding concerns.
Angie Richardson quit as a safeguarding coordinator for Hexham and Newcastle diocese over the bishop's behaviour.
A review by the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) concluded that he had put people at risk.
The CSSA found Bishop Byrne ignored safeguarding concerns about Canon McCoy, who had shown a "clear pattern of grooming behaviour over the years", to promote him to Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle.
Canon McCoy killed himself in 2021 days after police launched an investigation into historical allegations against him.
The bishop's "close friendship" with paedophile friar Timothy Gardner also undermined the diocese's safeguarding procedures, the CSSA concluded.
Ms Richardson said at her first meeting with the bishop in 2019 he raised the prospect of moving Gardner into his home because he "felt lonely".
She told the BBC: "I was astounded he even asked that question and the answer was 'absolutely not'."
It became "a theme that repeated itself" as he "lacked any safeguarding insight", she said.
Ms Richardson said she had an "incredibly difficult" and "strained" relationship with the bishop and ultimately resigned because she could no longer work...
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