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| Ex-Archbishop Lord Carey resigns after child abuse review | Ex-Archbishop Lord Carey resigns after child abuse review |
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| The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has resigned from his last formal role in the church after a review into historical child sex abuse. | |
| Lord Carey was criticised in an independent review of the church's handling of abuse carried out by Bishop Peter Ball, who was jailed in 2015. | |
| Dame Moira Gibb's review revealed Lord Carey failed to pass information on Ball to the police back in 1992. | |
| Justin Welby, current Archbishop of Canterbury, asked Lord Carey to resign. | |
| Lord Carey had been given a role as an honorary assistant bishop in the diocese of Oxford, a position given to many retired bishops. | |
| 'Accepted criticisms' | |
| Ball, who is now 85, was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men between the 1970s and 1990s. | |
| The Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend Dr Steven Croft, said: "I have met with Lord Carey following the Archbishop's letter to him. | |
| "In light of Dame Moira Gibb's review into the Peter Ball case, Lord Carey has resigned from his role as honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Oxford. | |
| "Lord Carey has accepted the criticisms made of him in the Gibb review and has apologised to the victims of Peter Ball." |