UKC

According to the Church of England's own report into the abuse of children by Bishop Ball, it seems that:

Bishop Ball accepted a police caution for offences (accepting a caution is an admission of criminal conduct).

At that point, the then Archbishop of Canterbury (now Lord Carey) had received six different letters from six different people alleging further allegations. He then selected the least serious of these letters, and passed that on to the police (perhaps trying to give the impression of cooperating with the police and making a full disclosure). However, he did not tell the police about the other five letters. The police then took no further action at that time.

Question, does that amount to criminal conduct? (Either "perverting the course of justice" or "misconduct in public office" perhaps?)

In reply to Coel Hellier:

Yes

In reply to Coel Hellier:

He's just quit his church sinecure, so he seems to think he's in the frame. Watch this space

In reply to Coel Hellier:

Yes!! Why should he be treated any different from the rest of us?

In reply to Coel Hellier:

Yes, and so should every catholic bishop/archbishop who covered up

In reply to icnoble:

Yes, and so should every catholic bishop/archbishop who covered up

I'd be more concerned about the ones that didn't cover up...

In reply to Coel Hellier:

This is just bashing the bishop

In reply to Coel Hellier:

Yes. Preferably with a rhino.

In reply to Coel Hellier: yes. What possible mitigation is there?

In reply to FactorXXX:

Those as wel.