UPDATE: Freckleton vicar bailed in baby death probe
Rev Jim Percival, 64, vicar at the Holy Trinity Church, in Freckleton, was arrested on Tuesday, along with two women named locally as his wife Susan and daughter Ruth.
They have now been bailed until March 5 next year.
Officers were initially called to an address in Sunnyside, Freckleton, on November 25 after a family member reported the still birth of a baby boy.
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Hide AdHowever, despite an inconclusive post mortem, police said they believe the baby boy’s death was suspicious.
Mr Percival and his daughter, 28, were both arrested on suspicion of murder and conspiracy to conceal the birth of a child.
His wife was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to conceal the birth of a child.