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Christian Today
Harry Farley JOURNALIST 04 July 2017
The son of former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has attacked the Church of England for its lack of sympathy for his father after he was found to have ‘colluded’ with predatory paedophile former bishop Peter Ball.
Andrew Carey, a campaigner and PR strategist, says he is ‘angry and dismayed’ at the way his father George had been treated, branding it a ‘sin against the holy spirit’.
Lord Carey resigned from an honorary position in the CofE after a damning report heavily criticised the Church’s response to abuse carried out by the disgraced Peter Ball.
Carey, Archbishop from 1991 to 2002, was singled out for particular condemnation in the report by Dame Moira Gibb. In particular he was head of the CofE when Ball’s abuse of a young man, Neil Todd, first came to light in 1993. Todd went on to commit suicide in 2012.
Ball was cautioned for gross indecency in 1993 after Lord Carey was among several influential friends who spoke in his defence.
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