The Bishop of Lincoln, the Right Reverend Stephen Conway, has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
Lincolnshire Police said an arrest of a 68-year-old man was part of an “ongoing investigation following an allegation that a man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025”.
Earlier, the Church of England said Conway had been suspended from ministry while a “safeguarding complaint” was being investigated, and had been passed to the “relevant authorities”.
The bishop has been released on conditional bail. The BBC has contacted him for comment.