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| Church 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball | 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. | Senior figures in the Church of England "colluded" with a former bishop who abused young men, an independent review has found. |
| Peter Ball, who is now 85, was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men. | |
| The former bishop of Lewes and bishop of Gloucester carried out the abuse between the 1970s and 1990s | |
| Dame Moira Gibb's review criticises ex-Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey. | 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. | 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. | 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 was released from jail in February after serving 16 months. | |
| 'Safety of others' | |
| In her report, "An Abuse of Faith", Dame Moira said: "Ball's priority was to protect and promote himself and he maligned the abused. | |
| "The church colluded with that rather than seeking to help those he had harmed, or assuring itself of the safety of others." | |
| Her review found that Lord Carey received seven letters following the arrest and cautioning of Ball in 1992, and failed to pass them to the police. | |
| Ball was not listed on the Church of England's "Lambeth List", which names clergymen about whom questions of suitability for ministry have been raised. | |
| Ball was given funds authorised by Lord Carey to support him. | |
| Lord Carey also wrote to Ball's brother, Michael Ball - another bishop - in 1993 saying: "I believed him to be basically innocent". |