Choirboy attacks deal for abuse bishop

UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

Sean O’Neill Chief Reporter
September 9 2015

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

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