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By DaveCDM | Posted: June 22, 2017
The Bishop of Truro has admitted feeling ‘appalled and deeply saddened’ after an independent report was published showing how the Church of England “colluded” with and helped to hide the long-term sexual abuse of young men by one its bishops.
The report says the church showed little care for the victims of abuse and tried instead to support Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Lewes, who was jailed for 32 months at the Old Bailey in 2015 after pleading guilty to a string of historical offences, including two counts of indecent assault.
Peter Ball’s identical twin brother Michael was Bishop of Truro from 1990 to 1997, and Peter served as a priest in Truro for six months in 1995 – two years after he had accepted a police caution for gross indecency.
The church today published Abuse Of Faith, an independent review chaired by Dame Moira Gibb, which found that “Ball’s conduct has caused serious and enduring damage to the lives of many men”.
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