Carey Told to Explain Praise for Sex Abuser

By Lucy Bannerman
The Times
January 2, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4654711.ece

Lucy Bannerman

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has been urged to explain why he wrote to police in praise of a disgraced bishop who initially escaped prosecution for sexual abuse.

Lord Carey of Clifton has always insisted that he did not interfere in the case of Peter Ball, a former bishop of Gloucester and a friend of the Prince of Wales. Ball escaped prosecution for more than 20 years for sexually abusing 18 priests. At 83, he was jailed last year after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office and indecent assault against young men who came to him for religious guidance...