Former bishop and retired priest arrested over abuse claims

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

A former Church of England bishop and a retired priest have been arrested on suspicion of sex abuse.

The Right Reverend Peter Ball, a former bishop of Lewes and Gloucester, is being held on suspicion of abusing eight boys and men in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

He was arrested at his home near Langport, Somerset.

Retired Church of England priest Vickery House, 67, was arrested at his home near Haywards Heath, West Sussex,

A spokesman for Sussex Police said the allegations against the two men were being dealt with separately.

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