Ministers and royal family member 'supported sex abuse bishop'
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.
It emerged in court that cabinet ministers and a member of the royal family sent letters of support for Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Lewes, after he received a caution for indecent assault in 1993.
