Carey pleaded for sex abuse bishop

UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

John Simpson Crime Correspondent
January 1 2016

A former Archbishop of Canterbury intervened on behalf of a disgraced bishop who initially escaped prosecution for sexually abusing 18 priests.

Peter Ball, who had been the bishop of both Lewes and Gloucester, received a caution when initially he was accused in 1993, but last year he was jailed for two years and eight months after confessing to misconduct in a public office and indecent assaults.

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