Church of England 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball

[zebo-the-fat]

Here we go again.....

Church 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball

Senior figures in the Church of England "colluded" with a former bishop who abused young men, an independent review has found.
Peter Ball, who is now 85, was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men.

Dame Moira Gibb's review criticises ex-Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey.
The review found Lord Carey received seven letters from families and individuals following the arrest and cautioning of Ball in 1992 for gross indecency - when he stood down as bishop of Gloucester - but failed to pass six of them to the police.
He also chose not to put Ball on the Church of England's "Lambeth List", which names clergymen about whom questions of suitability for ministry have been raised.
Ball was given funds authorised by Lord Carey to support him.

In her report, "An Abuse of Faith", Dame Moira said: "Ball's priority was to protect and promote himself and he maligned the abused".
"The Church colluded with that rather than seeking to help those he had harmed, or assuring itself of the safety of others."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40368573

[Minimalist]

No surprise, though.  CoE is practically catholick in everything else, too.

[brewer]

I'll bet the Vicar of Dibley is somehow clandestinely involved.

[The Industrial Atheist]

How did he only get 3 years for offenses against 18 people? I had a neighbor that had charges concerning only one kid and he got almost as much. I know it's a different justice system but it seems like he got off easy.

[vorlon13]

I'm still wondering if priestly semen ejaculated into the butt of a child transubstantiates into the body and blood of Christ.

Or does it have to go into the mouth ?