The Community of the Glorious Ascension (CGA) is an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

monastic community in the United Kingdom, co-founded in 1960 by twin brothers Michael Ball and

Peter Ball Peter Ball may refer to: *Peter Ball (bishop) (1932–2019), former Bishop of Lewes and of Gloucester and convicted sex offender * Peter Ball (physician) (died 1675), English physician *Peter Eugene Ball (born 1943), English sculptor *Peter Ball ( ...

who both later became bishops. It was founded in

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, Gloucestershire. Until 2012 there was also a small house of sisters at Prasada in

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, in the South of France. This has since been closed and the sisters retired to the mother house in the UK. In October 2015, Peter Ball was sentenced to 32 months' imprisonment for misconduct in public office and indecent assault after admitting the abuse of 18 young men between 1977 and 1992. The community currently maintains two separate priories, both at Chillington, South Devon. Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended on 31 December 2014
filed at Companies House, accessed 1 January 2016

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Community of the Glorious Ascension Limited
Companies in the UK Christian communities Anglican orders and communities Christian organizations established in 1960 Anglo-Catholicism 1960 establishments in the United Kingdom {{Christian-org-stub