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Peter Ball CGA (14 February 1932 – 21 June 2019) was a British bishop in the Church of England and convicted sex offender. In 1960 he and his twin brother ( Michael Ball ) established a monastic community , the Community of the Glorious Ascension , through which Ball came into contact with many boys and young men.
In 1993, Peter Ball, who had co-founded a monastic community called the Community of the Glorious Ascension with his brother Michael Ball in 1960, was the suffragan Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester from 1977 to 1992 and then the diocesan Bishop of Gloucester from 1992 to 1993, [15] resigned after admitting to an act of gross ...
On 13 November 2012 two former clergy of the diocese, including the former Bishop of Lewes, Peter Ball, were arrested by police investigating allegations of child sex abuse in the 1980s and 1990s. The arrests followed the submission of reports by a safeguarding consultant from Lambeth Palace to the police. [ 25 ]
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, who served in the role between 1991 and 2002, was made a life peer the same year he stepped down from the role.
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Peter Ball may refer to: Peter Ball (bishop) (1932–2019), former Bishop of Lewes and of Gloucester and convicted sex offender; Peter Ball (physician) (died 1675), English physician; Peter Eugene Ball (born 1943), English sculptor; Peter Ball (barrister) (died 1680), English lawyer, courtier, and member of parliament
In 1960, Ball founded a monastic community at Stratford Park in Stroud, along with his identical twin brother Peter Ball. [5] Peter Ball later became suffragan Bishop of Lewes (1977–1992) and then Bishop of Gloucester (1992–1993). [6] Peter Ball was later convicted and imprisoned for sex offences. [7] Ball is the author of Foolish Risks of ...
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