Choirboy Attacks Deal for Abuse Bishop

By Sean O’Neill
The Times
September 9, 2015

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4551505.ece

Sean O’Neill Chief Reporter

The leadership of the Crown Prosecution Service was called into question last night after a former choirboy complained that he had been denied justice by a “backroom deal” that allowed a former Anglican bishop to avoid a trial.

Peter Ball, 83, the former Bishop of Gloucester and a friend of the Prince of Wales, admitted a string of sex offences against 18 young men in a plea bargain deal under which prosecutors left