The establishment closed ranks to cover up the misdeeds of a bishop,betraying his young victimsThe trial and sentencing of Peter Ball, a retired bishop, or for sex offences against 18 adolescent boys is an act of justice very long and shamefully delayed. The last of the offences for which he is being punished took position in 1992 and at the time he was merely cautioned. The most shocking aspect of the case is the widespread support he received from the used establishment.
His instant superior,Eric Kemp, then the bishop of Chichester, and wrote in his memoirs that: “The circumstances which led to [Ball’s] early resignation were the work of mischief-makers.” According to the Crown Prosecution Service,letters and phone calls in favour of this abuser were sent to the police by MPs, JPs, and public school headmasters,and an unnamed member of the royal family. Immediately after Ball first accepted a caution, he was lent a cottage that belonged to the Prince of Wales. It was on an estate where Ball lived undisturbed until the case against him was reopened as part of a more general investigation of the rottenness of the Chichester diocese under Kemp.
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Source: theguardian.com