UNITED KINGDOM
Eastbourne Herald
THE former Bishop of Lewes was arrested this morning on suspicion of sex abuse dating back more than 20 years ago.
The Right Reverend Peter Ball is being held on suspicion of eight sexual offences committed against eight boys and young men, ranging in age from 12 to the early twenties, at addresses in East Sussex. Police say the offences date back to the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The news coincides with the arrest at his home in Haywards Heath this morning of retired Church of England priest, Vickery House. The 67-year-old was arrested on suspicion of two separate sexual offences against two teenage boys in East Sussex between 1981 and 1983.
Both have been detained in Somerset and Sussex respectively, for interview and further enquiries by Sussex Police officers. Police have stressed that the allegations against the two men were being dealt with separately.
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