Carey Pleaded for Sex Abuse Bishop

By John Simpson
The Times
January 1, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4653725.ece

John Simpson Crime Correspondent

A former Archbishop of Canterbury intervened on behalf of a disgraced bishop who initially escaped prosecution for sexually abusing 18 priests.

Peter Ball, who had been the bishop of both Lewes and Gloucester, received a caution when initially he was accused in 1993, but last year he was jailed for two years and eight months after confessing to misconduct in a public office and indecent assaults.

Letters released yesterday from figures including David Cameron’s godfather, a lord justice and head teachers at private schools were among 2,000 written to the Crown Prosecution Service, the chief constable of Gloucestershire and the ...