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| Church 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball | |
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| Senior figures in the Church of England "colluded" with a former bishop who abused young men, an independent review has found. | |
| Peter Ball, 85, was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men. | |
| The ex-bishop of Lewes and bishop of Gloucester used "religion as a cloak" to carry out the abuse. | |
| Dame Moira Gibb's review criticises ex-Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey. | |
| He has been asked to step down from his position as an honorary assistant bishop by the current archbishop, Justin Welby. | |
| Dame Moira, a former senior social worker, said there was a failure of the Church to respond appropriately to misconduct over a period of many years. | |
| Ball carried out the abuse between the 1970s and 1990s. | |
| He was released from jail in February after serving 16 months. |