UNITED KINGDOM
County Gazette
May 13, 2019
By Phil Hill
PRINCE Charles was “deceived” into supporting a paedophile bishop, it is claimed.
Peter Ball, who retired to Aller, near Langport, and is now in is late 80s, may have preyed on more than 100 boys and young men over decades.
A report concludes that the Church of England responded with “secrecy” to child abuse allegations against Ball, who was Bishop of Lewes, East Sussex, from 1977 to 1992 and Bishop of Gloucester in 1992.
He then resigned through ill health after accepting a caution – an admission of guilt – for one count of gross indecency.
The Prince of Wales was described as “misguided” for speaking in support of Ball to the Archbishop of Canterbury, while the Duchy of Cornwall was criticised for buying a property to rent to the disgraced priest.
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