UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Evidence suggesting senior clergy tried to cover up sex abuse by a disgraced bishop has been uncovered by the BBC.
Two priests raised concerns about Peter Ball but were urged to keep quiet or saw no action taken, it has emerged.
And a couple who worked for now-jailed Ball, former bishop of Lewes and Bishop of Gloucester, said they also tried to raise concerns but were ignored.
Ball’s offending is the subject of an independent review and a national inquiry is looking at Church abuse.
The retired bishop was jailed in October for a string of offences against teenagers and young men.
‘Church did nothing’
Cliff James said he told a priest in 1992 that Ball had abused him.
But he said the priest later received phone calls from three bishops who urged her to make sure he and another alleged victim did not talk to police or the media.
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