UNITED KINGDOM
Gloucester Review
Thursday, 6 July 2017 By John Hawkins
Shock and dismay over catalogue of sexual abuse by former Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball
Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Rev Rachel Treweek, has spoken of her ’shock and distress’ at the scale of sexual abuse carried out by her predecessor, Peter Ball.
Bishop Rachel issued a statement after the publication, last month, of ’An Abuse of Faith’ – an independent review led by Dame Moira Gibb into Ball’s offending.
The damning report by former social worker Dame Moira found that the Church of England had failed to protect 18 vulnerable men and boys abused by Ball over a 20-year period.
“I have read Dame Moira’s report and I am greatly shocked and distressed by its content,” said Bishop Rachel.
“The report presents a devastating account of Peter Ball’s abuse and it is a matter of deep shame and regret that a Bishop in the Church of England committed such horrendous crimes and that as a Church we repeatedly failed to act and protect those who came forward for help.
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