ENGLAND
Daily Mail
December 7, 2017
By Anthony Joseph
– Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester who boasted of links to royalty, has asked to join the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton in Bristol
– His identical twin brother, Michael Ball, also sent an email to friends telling them
– Peter Ball was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 for offences in the 1970s
– Justin Welby commissioned a report into his actions after the sentencing
A disgraced former Church of England bishop, who was a confidant of Prince Charles and jailed for sex abuse plans, has converted to Catholicism to ‘live and worship in anonymity’.
Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester who boasted of links to royalty, has asked to join the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton, in Bristol, a spokesman for the Church confirmed.
His identical twin brother, the former bishop of Truro Michael Ball, also sent an email to friends telling them of the idea.
Peter Ball, now 85, was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 for offences dating back to the 1970s against 18 young men at his home in East Sussex.
The email sent yesterday morning said the pair would not be sending Christmas cards after recent events had ‘totally wearied and reduced’ them.
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