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- Catholic Bishop David James Oakley of Northampton faces two counts of rape of a girl under 16.
- Police say the alleged offences occurred in Staffordshire between February 2000 and February 2001.
- He was arrested in September 2025 after a report and then withdrew from public ministry.
- He will appear before Cannock Magistrates’ Court on 14 August.
- The Diocese of Northampton said the charges stem from a safeguarding investigation and will not comment.
