UNITED KINGDOM
Brighton and Hove News
Posted On 20 Jan 2015
By : Frank le Duc
A trial date has been set for retired bishop Peter Ball and a fellow former Brighton priest Vickery House.
The pair have been charged with child sex abuse and were the subject of a hearing at the Central Criminal Court – better known as the Old Bailey – in London last week.
Ball, 82, of Langport, Somerset, is scheduled to face a jury on Monday 5 October alongside Vickery House, the former vicar of St Bartholomew’s Church in Brighton. No venue has been selected yet.
Ball was Bishop of Lewes from 1977 to 1992 during which time he is accused of indecently assaulting a 12 or 13-year-old boy.
He also faces charges of misconduct in public office and indecently assaulting a 19 or 20-year-old man.
The misconduct charge accuses Ball of misusing his position and authority to manipulate and prevail upon others for his own sexual gratification.
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