Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret

Name: Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
Released: 2020-01-13
Rating: 8
Cast: Donald Sumpter, David Calder, Rian Gordon, Alex Blake, Sean O'Callaghan

8.0

January 13, 2020

1 Season • 2 Episodes

Ended

Documentary

Overview

The story of the individuals who brought Bishop Peter Ball to justice and the cover-up that went to the highest levels of the Church of England.

Cast

Donald Sumpter

Bishop Peter Ball

David Calder

Archbishop George Carey

Rian Gordon

Neil Todd

Alex Blake

DI Wayne Murdock

Sean O'Callaghan

DS Carwyn Hughes

Episodes

1. Episode 1

January 13, 2020

Using powerful testimony from victims, police and church officials, and dramatic reconstruction, this programme charts the story of those who fought for many years to bring a prosecution against Ball.

2. Episode 2

January 15, 2020

By the mid-1990s Bishop Peter was back officiating in church services. George Carey, then the Archbishop of Canterbury, had paid towards Ball’s legal costs and a personal holiday with money from the Church, while the victim who alerted the police, Neil Todd, felt shunned by the religious establishment left with no support from the Church.

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