article_snippet: Mr Walker told senior clerics that Abse was named by three abuse survivors whom Mr Walker counselled when Mr Walker was a vicar in Brighton in the 1980s.
article_snippet: Mr Walker also passed on the names of two former Conservative cabinet ministers, who have not yet been publicly linked to the scandal.
article_snippet: Mr Walker was questioned by The Right Rev Butler after the discovery of a book from 1991 in which Mr Walker described counselling sessions with adult survivors.
article_snippet: ‘A number of survivors independently gave the name of a particular MP being involved,’ Mr Walker said, adding.