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Pedophile Bishop May Have Posed As Identical Twin To Dupe Congregations

Convicted pedophile ex-Bishop of Gloucester, Peter Ball, might have led services as Michael Ball, his identical twin brother- a bishop in Cornwall during the 90s. Peter Ball was jailed last year for sexually abusing 18 teenagers and young men over 15 years. Western Daily Press reports: Former Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball, 83, was jailed last year after he admitted sexually abusing teenagers and young men. But there are now fears he took the place of his twin Michael Ball, who was also a bishop and a friend of Prince Charles, by duping congregations in other parts of the UK. The Diocese of Truro is now looking into the evidence that Ball conducted services in Cornwall, where Michael, had been a Bishop in the 1990s. An independent review is currently under way into the way the Church of England responded to the case. But the Right Reverend Tim Thornton said that there was no evidence that the Diocese of Truro gave Peter Ball permission to lead any services in Cornwall in the 1990s. He added: “We have one or two bits of evidence now where it does appear as if Bishop Peter went and did things which Bishop Michael should have been doing. “It might be [...]