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Raft of public figures stepped forward to defend Peter Ball in letters revealed after freedom of information requests
Letters written by a former archbishop of Canterbury and a coterie of establishment figures – including a former government minister and a tall court judge – in support of a bishop accused of sexual abuse more than 20 years ago have been disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act.
The confidential letters to police and prosecutors springing to the defence of Peter Ball,the former bishop of Lewes and Gloucester, are likely to fuel accusations by survivors of sexual abuse of a cover-up at the heart of the Church of England and wider establishment.
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Source: theguardian.com

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