UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A retired Anglican bishop is to be prosecuted for alleged sex offences dating back to the 1970s.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was in the public interest to prosecute the Rt Rev Peter Ball, a former bishop of Gloucester and former bishop of Lewes in East Sussex.
It is alleged Bishop Ball, 82, indecently assaulted a boy aged 12 or 13 and a man aged 19 or 20.
He is due to appear before Brighton magistrates on 10 April.
Bishop Ball is also to be charged with misconduct in public office between 1977 and 1992.
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