UNITED KINGDOM
Christian Today
James Macintyre 22 June 2017
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has written to his predecessor George Carey asking him to consider his position as an honorary assistant bishop in Oxford over criticism of his conduct in the case of the former bishop and convicted abuser Peter Ball.
The letter was written ahead of publication today of a damning report into the handling of Ball’s case by the respected former social worker Dame Moira Gibb, who concluded that the Church of England ‘colluded’ in abuse by Ball.
At a press conference with Dame Moira launching the independent report today, Peter Hancock, the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the lead bishop on safeguarding in the Church, confirmed that Archbishop Welby had ‘written directly’ to Lord Carey asking him ‘carefully’ to consider his position.
Bishop Hancock said that ‘this is now a matter for Lord Carey and the Bishop of Oxford’ who have been having conversations on the telephone and are set to meet in the next two days.
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