Canterbury Cathedral said a planned statue of the former bishop of Chichester, who died in 1958, will be completed and placed in one of the exterior niches in the west end of the building.
Its announcement comes the day after the Church’s national safeguarding team published findings of an inquiry which found the latest allegations against Bell were “unfounded”.
Bell has been praised for helping to rescue Jewish children from Germany during the Second World War and was a supporter of the German resistance.
In a statement Canterbury Cathedral said: “A statue of George Bell, a former dean of Canterbury and later bishop of Chichester, is to be completed and installed at Canterbury Cathedral.
“Bishop Bell was dean between 1924 and 1929 and during that time founded The Friends Of Canterbury Cathedral who celebrated their 90th anniversary in 2017.
“To commemorate his work whilst in Canterbury, the statue will be placed in one of the exterior niches at the west end of the Cathedral joining those of other influential figures.”
Canterbury Cathedral said work started on the statue in 2015.
But that year the Church paid £15,000 in compensation to a women who claimed she was abused by Bell.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby welcomed the announcement on Friday.
He tweeted: “I warmly welcome the announcement today that the…
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