UNITED KINGDOM
Express & Star
Former Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Lewes Peter Ball, 83, will be sentenced at the Old Bailey this week after admitting a string of offences against young men from the 1970s to 1990s.
Troubling questions have emerged over the Church’s handling of the case, prompting the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to commission an independent report.
Claims against Ball surfaced in 1993 when he accepted a caution for one act of gross indecency, and he resigned from his post.
However, he was allowed to continue working for the church until 2010, despite several complaints being made against him.
It emerged in court that Ball and former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey had been assured in 1993 that there would be no further action against Ball.
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