UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A man allegedly abused as a child by a former bishop has criticised his early release from jail as “a poor reflection on the criminal justice system”.
Peter Ball, 84, was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting a string of historical sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men.
The former bishop of Lewes and Gloucester was released from jail on Friday after serving 16 months.
Phil Johnson said he had served “less than a month for each of the victims”.
Ball was sentenced to 32 months for misconduct in public office and 15 months for indecent assaults, to run concurrently, after using “religion as a cloak” to carry out the abuse between the 1970s and 1990s.
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