The Archbishop of York will tell worshippers to put the needs of victims of abuse and exploitation first in a Christmas Day sermon, despite calls for his own resignation.

Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, has faced calls to resign over his handling of a sexual abuse case involving a priest.

A victim of an alleged sex abuser priest has called for the Archbishop of York to step down over his “insulting and upsetting” response to his handling of the case

The Archbishop of York’s response to his handling of a child abuse scandal is “insulting and upsetting”, a victim claimed, as the Church of England’s second-most senior bishop faced renewed calls to step down.

A victim of an alleged sex abuser priest has hit out at the Archbishop of York's "insulting" response to the abuse.