Stephen Cottrell twice reappointed a clergyman who allegedly assaulted at least five girls, the BBC has reported The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell is being urged to resign after a BBC investigation found that he twice signed off on a notorious child abuser keeping his position within the Church of England. Cottrell, who will be the Church’s most senior figure when Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby steps down next month, reappointed David Tudor as area dean in Essex in 2013 and again