<sod >The report, Abuse of Faith, found senior figures in the church âdisplayed little careâ for the victims of disgraced Peter Ball, who was jailed for 32 months in October 2015 after admitting carrying out a string of historical sex offences against teenage boys and young men in the 1970s..< eod>< sod > The report, Abuse of Faith, found senior figures in the church âdisplayed little careâ for the victims of disgraced former bishop Peter Ball, who was jailed for 34 months in October 2015 after admitting to carrying out a string of historical sex offences against teenage boys and young men in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.< eod>