C of E vicar ‘spiritually abused’ parishioners for 20 years, report finds

Rev Michael Hall, who died in 2021, belittled and humiliated members of his Buckinghamshire congregation

A Church of England vicar spiritually abused" members of his congregation for almost 20 years, silencing dissent, commanding obedience, belittling and humiliating parishioners, locking people in rooms, and causing fear and shame, a report has concluded.

The Rev Michael Hall retired as vicar of St Margaret's church in Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, in 2000 and died in 2021. One of his former parishioners killed himself in 2020, citing trauma caused by Rev Hall" more than two decades earlier.