UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The Archbishop of Canterbury has commissioned an independent review into the way the Church of England responded to sex offence allegations made against a former bishop 22 years ago.
Peter Ball, 83, formerly Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Lewes, pleaded guilty last month to charges of sex abuse involving men from the 1970s-90s.
The claims emerged in 1993 but he was allowed to work in churches until 2010.
Ball will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.
Survivors of sexual abuse have been highly critical of the Church’s handling of the case even before Ball pleaded guilty last month.
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