UNITED KINGDOM
Premier
Thu 22 Jun 2017
By Marcus Jones
The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an unreserved apology after admitting the Church of England colluded and concealed the abuse committed by Bishop Peter Ball.
The Church has released the findings of an independent review into its handling of the abuse.
The review, titled ‘An Abuse of Faith’ was launched after Ball was sentenced in 2015 to 32 months’ in prison after admitting the abuse of 18 children between 1977 and 1992.
He was released from prison earlier this year having served half his sentence.
The review by Dame Moira Gibb found the Church failed to respond appropriately while the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, Lord Carey, didn’t listen to survivors of abuse.
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