UNITED KINGDOM
Independent
Tom Batchelor @_tombatchelor
The Church of England “concealed” evidence of child abuse by a former bishop stretching over two decades, archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said, following a major independent review.
The report, Abuse of Faith, found senior figures in the church “displayed little care” for the victims of disgraced Peter Ball, who was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting carrying out a string of historical sex offences against teenage boys and young men in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s.
Dame Moira Gibb, its author, said the Church’s “failure to safeguard so many boys and young men still casts a long shadow”.
“Ball’s priority was to protect and promote himself and he maligned the abused,” the report said.
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