The young come. They agree that for a year they will live very simply … ibid. Peter’s documentary commentary
Peter Ball was an active socialite … He had cultivated a friendship with Margaret Thatcher. ibid. rozzer
Soon, the sexual advances started … ibid. abuse survivor
In March 1992 Peter Ball is promoted to a more senior role and is enthroned as the new Bishop of Gloucester. ibid. caption
In July 1992 Peter Ball invited Neil Todd to live with him and train to become a monk. ibid.
Despite Mr & Mrs Moss informing senior clergy about Peter Ball’s abusive behaviour, the Church took no action. Bishop Jeremy Walsh told a Church review in 2017 that he could not remember what Mr & Mrs Moss had told him. ibid.
After three months of living with Peter Ball, Neil Todd moved to a religious community in London where he reported the abuse to senior Bishops. The Church failed to take action and did not support Neil. ibid.
Peter’s justification why we had to suffer was to be Christlike – Christ suffered … which is a symbol of torture. ibid.
I agreed to be beaten. And it was done ceremoniously. ibid. abuse victim
He came out and said he had told George Carey everything. ibid. rozzer
In the days following Peter Ball’s arrest six other victims, or their parents, write to Archbishop George Carey. ibid. caption
George Carey told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in 2018 he now accepts he should have passed the letters to the Police. George Carey told the Inquiry he ‘couldn’t believe that a Bishop in the church of God could do such evil things.’ ibid. captions
In March 1993 Gloucester Police are advised by the Crown Prosecution Service not to press charges. Peter Ball is not prosecuted, instead he accepts a caution and resigns. ibid.
Within two years Peter Ball was allowed to lead church services again. A year later, he was back in school preaching to young people. ibid.
The enormous church/establishment cover-up is an even bigger story than Bishop Peter Ball. ibid.
And then I thought, You bastard. Exposed: The Church’s Darkest Secret II, lady
Letters sent to the Church alleging further acts of abuse by Peter Ball were not given to the Police. Ball resigns but within two years the Church will allow him to return to active ministry. ibid.
Peter Ball and Prince Charles exchange letters. ibid. victim
Prince Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall estate bought a house for Peter Ball and his brother to rent. Prince Charles also gave Ball and his brother ‘small gifts of money’. ibid.
I do think he was up to manipulating and manoeuvring people to suit his issues of power and control and his deviousness. ibid. lady
What has been uncovered is that there was a network of abusers operating in that area of East Sussex. ibid. David Greenwood, solicitor for abuse survivors
Letters from multiple victims of Peter Ball had been kept by the Church for more than fifteen years without being handed to the police. ibid.
Roy Cotton had even before he was ordained as a priest had a criminal conviction for child abuse, and the church knew about this but the church hadn’t shared this with the police. ibid. victim investigator
In 2009 a Risk Assessment of Peter Ball is undertaken in Bath & Wells. It leads to his permission to officiate being restricted and then withdrawn. ibid. caption
These documents: the were discovered in a filing cabinet which was called the Naughty Boys Cabinet. ibid. victim investigator
The Tyler Report really is the smoking gun in all this. ibid. solicitor
He had committed no offences since that caution in 1993: these things should not be brought up. ibid. George Carey
It would later be alleged that Peter Ball had offended again. ibid. caption
Following a damning Church report in 2017, George Carey was asked to resign from an honorary role as an Assistant Bishop. Hold told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in 2018 that he made an ‘unqualified apology to the victims and survivors who were let down. They deserved better.’ He is still a member of the House of Lords. ibid.
Does she live alone? Does she have a room-mate? Does she have a boyfriend? Burglarizing their home: going through their personal possessions serve his fantasy that this is actually a consensual relationship and he is getting to know them. Very Scary People: Norcal Rapist I: Phantom Predator, expert, CI 2020
The Norcal Rapist terrorised northern California from 1991 to 2006. His cruel violence causing lasting trauma, tragically altering lives. This twisted deviant studies his victims, their patterns, their habits, he slips into their homes when they are away, memorising the rooms and planning his ambush. Illusive and careful, for a long time it seemed like Norcal was unstoppable. But he left key evidence at every scene. ibid
‘Stalking is an obsessive and compulsive activity where somebody delving into private matters … they create a world in their own mind.’ ibid. shrink
‘Not not only have I been inside your body, I’m getting inside of your bank account … Even after I’ve left, I’m going to victimise you.’ ibid.
The Norcal Rapist wears a ski-mask, he is armed with knives and guns, he makes each woman his prisoner, the torture lasting for hours on end. The Norcal Rapist is a stalker, a meticulous planner, but he has made some mistakes. Very Scary People: Norcal Rapist: Phantom Predator II
‘The fantasies never stop. They’re still going on in his head.’ ibid. criminologist
‘I don’t want to stand up here and tell the world I’m a rape victim. But then I told myself this is something I have to do, because this guy is a serial rapist.’ ibid.
But advances in DNA technology called Investigative Genetic Genealogy offer hope for investigators in solving the 27-year old case. ibid.
Roy Charles Waller: he is 58 years old, he is a white male … and has worked at UC Berkeley for the last 25 years. ibid.
‘For eight years I endured it as a child and as a teen.’ (Accusation & Abuse & Paedophile & Victim & Lies) The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech, ‘Me’ a poem by Carl Beech, BBC 2020
‘Electrocution and drowning were some of their tools, when I was bad and broke their rules.’ ibid.
In 2014 Carl Beech, a seemingly unremarkable man from Gloucester, perhaps better know by his pseudonym Nick, claimed he had been the victim of a VIP paedophile ring in the 1970s and ’80s. So who was Carl Beech, and why did he choose to go public with this extraordinary story. ibid.
In 2012 Beech told Yorkshire Police he had been sexually abused by his step-father, by Jimmy Savile, and by some other men he called The Group. After a brief investigation, Wiltshire Police dismissed Beech’s allegations but not before Beech had submitted a compensation claim for the abuse he had suffered. Two years later he began writing about his abuse online. ibid.
Beech named twelve men he said had abused and raped him … high-ranking members of the military … politicians and members of the establishment … another was Sir Edward Heath. ibid.
A month later doubts about the story began to emerge in the press. ibid.
‘He’d been filming covertly schoolboys.’ ibid. Tom Wilkinson, journalist
When he was at his peak, he was one of the most powerful men in Fleet Street. Max Clifford: The Fall of a Tabloid King, opening comments, Channel 4 2021
Max Clifford has been charged with eleven counts of indecent assault between 1966 and 1985. ibid. television news
I think Max loved power. It made him feel good. It made him feel he’d got somewhere in life. And he really liked being in the centre of things. ibid. Angela Levin, biographer
I learnt earlier on that it was important to have as much control as possible. ibid. Clifford to Levin
On May 2nd 2014 Max Clifford was sentenced to 8 years in prison. On 8th December 2017 Max Clifford collapsed in prison. He died in hospital two days later. ibid. captions
The Plaza Hotel 18 August 1992: I am greatly saddened … [by] allegations instigated by her of child abuse on my part. Allen v Farrow I, Sky Documentaries 2021, Woody’s press conference
For the longest time I’ve been trying to set the record straight. ibid. Dylan Farrow
That’s the great regret of my life that I wasn’t perceptive enough. It’s my fault. I brought this guy into our family. You know, there’s nothing I can do to take that away. ibid. Mia
I had seven children and he didn’t want to meet them at all. ibid. Mia