Ex Bishop of Lewes arrested

A retired Church of England bishop was among two clergymen arrested by police investigating historic allegations of child sex abuse. Meridian understands that Peter Ball, 80, the former Bishop of Lewes, was one of the men arrested.

A second man, an unnamed 67-year-old retired priest, was also detained at his home this morning near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, on suspicion of separate sex offences against two teenage boys in East Sussex between 1981 and 1983, Sussex Police said.