Former Bishop of Lewes arrested over abuse claims

UNITED KINGDOM
Chichester People

Right Reverend Peter Ball, 80-years-old, the former Bishop of Lewes has been arrested on suspcision of sex abuse.

The former Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester, was arrested at his home in Langport, Somerset on suspicion of abusing eight boys and men in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.

Vickery House, 67-years-old, was also arrested near his home in Haywards Heath in West Sussex. The retired Church of England priest was arrested for two sexual offences involving two teenage boys in East Sussex between 1981 and 1983.

The arrests follow a review and subsequent inquiry over the past six months by a team of Sussex Police detectives.

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