article_snippet: The probe into The Mail took an explosive turn last night with the revelation that Enoch Powell’s name has been passed to police.
article_snippet: Enoch Powell’s's name was first linked to sex abuse claims in the 1980s .
article_snippet: the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, contacted police after Enoch Powell’s’s name was passed to Enoch Powell’s by a former Bishop of Monmouth, Dominic Walker, who first heard the allegation when Enoch Powell’s was a vicar counselling young adults in the 1980s.
article_snippet: A Church of England spokesman said: ‘The name of Enoch Powell’s was passed to Operation Fenbridge by one of our safeguarding team on the instruction of Bishop Paul Butler.'
article_snippet: Mr Walker is believed to have warned Bishop Paul Butler that at the time Mr Walker was told of the claims against Enoch Powell’s, unsubstantiated allegations of satanic rituals – often involving the abuse of children – were widespread.
article_snippet: Enoch Powell’s frontline political career ended abruptly in 1968 after Enoch Powell’s made Enoch Powell’s infamous
article_snippet: Last night, Simon Heffer, Powell’s official biographer and former confidante, branded the allegations
highlights_snippet: Former Bishop of Monmouth, Dominic Walker, heard allegation in 1980s .
  
highlights_snippet: Simon Heffer, Powell’s official biographer, branded allegations 'nonsense’ 