UNITED KINGDOM
Littlehampton Gazette
The disgraced ex-bishop of Lewes and Gloucester will finally face justice later when he is sentenced for preying on aspiring young priests for his own sexual gratification.
Peter Ball, 83, used religion as a “cloak” to groom his victims when they came to his home in Litlington, East Sussex.
Many were teenagers or in their early 20s at the time they sought out the bishop as aspiring priests or to explore their spirituality through a Give A Year For Christ scheme.
Last month, Ball, who has suffered ill health in recent years, pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office after a last ditch attempt to get the case thrown out failed.
Between 1977 and 1992 he abused his position in authority “to manipulate and prevail upon others for his own sexual gratification” in relation to 16 young men.
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