UNITED KINGDOM
Digital Journal
By Steve Hayes
Nov 13, 2012
Langport – A retired bishop of the Church of England has been arrested by police investigating allegations of child sexual abuse. He was arrested at his home this morning on suspicion of eight separate offences.
As the Guardian points out, the Right Reverend Peter Ball is thought to be the most senior member of the Church of England to have been arrested in connection with a child sexual abuse inquiry. He was arrested on suspicion of offences against eight boys and young men, ranging in age from twelve to their early twenties. The offences are alleged to have been committed during the 1980s and 1990s.
Bishop Ball was the former bishop of Gloucester. He resigned in 1993, as This Is The West Country notes, after receiving a police caution for committing an act of gross indecency against a teenager.
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