A statement issued on the Crown Prosecution Website confirmed that Rev Flowers would be charged with possession of class A and class C drugs relating to an “incident” on 9 November 2013.
The former methodist minister will appear at Leeds Magistrates Court on 7 May 2014 alongside Gavin Woroniuk, who has been charged with four offences of offering to supply a controlled drug and one count of possessing criminal property.
Clare Stevens from the CPS Yorkshire and Humberside’s Complex Casework Unit, said: “We have carefully considered a file of evidence gathered by West Yorkshire Police in relation to alleged criminal offences committed by Paul Flowers in Bradford in November 2013.
“The decision to prosecute was taken in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is required in the public interest.”
Reverend Flowers resigned from the board of the Co-op Bank in November last year.
