Carey told to explain praise for sex abuser

UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

Lucy Bannerman
Published January 2 2016

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has been urged to explain why he wrote to police in praise of a disgraced bishop who initially escaped prosecution for sexual abuse.

Lord Carey of Clifton has always insisted that he did not interfere in the case of Peter Ball, a former bishop of Gloucester and a friend of the Prince of Wales.

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