UNITED KINGDOM
The Argus
Joel Adams, Reporter
SEX abuse campaigners have called for investigations to look at the former head of the Anglican church in Sussex Eric Kemp after it was revealed he knew of abuse by bishop Peter Ball.
Peter Ball was jailed last year for sexual offences in the 1970s and 1980s against 18 young men who were under his guidance.
Revelations have come out in a report which shows that a Church of England priest held secret talks with police in an attempt to cover up the scale of Ball’s abuse.
The 1993 report, written by a private investigator “in utter confidence” for Eric Kemp and then – Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, concluded that Ball had abused “very many young men through his care.”
The investigator, a Church of England priest, then held talks with police “to prevent a scandal in the press, especially as Peter was a frequent visitor to Sandringham and is friendly with Prince Charles.”
The pressure bore fruit and Ball was cautioned rather than tried, which the CPS have since acknowledged was the wrong decision in light of the available evidence.
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