Abuse Inquiry Questions Role of Former Archbishop

By Sean O’Neill Chief Reporter
The Times
October 5, 2015

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4576189.ece

Sean O’Neill Chief Reporter

The role of a former archbishop of Canterbury in an alleged establishment cover-up of sex crimes in the Church of England is to be examined by an independent inquiry, The Times has learnt.

The review will scrutinise what Lord Carey of Clifton knew about secret talks in 1992-93 between the Church of England, police and the crown prosecution service concerning Peter Ball, who was then the bishop of Gloucester.

Ball, 83, will be sentenced at the Old Bailey this week after pleading guilty to a series of offences against young men. There were allegations of a cover-up when it emerged...