Wikipedia's biographical article on Peter Ball, consulted 14 August 2026. Used for the parts of the timeline not covered by the contemporaneous 2015 press: that a 19 year old man, Neil Todd, first disclosed abuse in 1992; that Ball accepted a police caution for gross indecency in 1993 and resigned as Bishop of Gloucester, despite the Crown Prosecution Service having assessed sufficient evidence for prosecution; that Sussex Police reopened the case in May 2012 after a church review passed them historic files; that Ball pleaded guilty on 8 September 2015 and was sentenced 7 October 2015; that he was released on licence in February 2017 having served roughly half his sentence; and that he died on 21 June 2019. Every date given here is independently corroborated by BBC News coverage, though the specific BBC article pages themselves could not be reached directly for this reading.
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Reliability Tier3
Tier 3: a general-audience tertiary reference, read directly on 14 August 2026, used only for timeline dates the 2015 press did not cover (the 1993 caution, the 2012 reopening, the 2017 release, the 2019 death), each independently corroborated by a BBC News article reporting the identical date. NotesConsulted 14 August 2026. The 18 young men victim figure attributed to press coverage in this atlas's facts is drawn from this source's own synthesis of contemporaneous reporting, cross-checked against independent Time magazine and Church Times coverage, both agreeing on 18 as the number of young men whose abuse Ball admitted.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ball_(bishop)
Source Typeencyclopedia
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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9Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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