A high-profile former bishop has been jailed for 32 months for a string of sexual offences against young men.
Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Lewes, said he was "very, very sorry" as he walked into the Old Bailey to be sentenced for the offences between 1977 and 1992.
An 83 year-old former Bishop of Lewes has said he's "very, very sorry" ahead of his sentencing for sexual offences against 18 young men.
Peter Ball committed the assaults over the course of 15 years stretching from the 1970s to 1990s.
There have been allegations that senior bishops within the Church of England helped cover up abuse allegations.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has denied being involved in covering up the sex crimes of a former Bishop.
A former bishop who abused a number of young men was jailed today. But how did he evade justice for three decades?