A predatory public school choirmaster who believed he was 'untouchable' by the law after getting away with child sex offences against multiple victims for over 40 years was jailed for 12 years today. David Pickthall, 66, whose music has appeared in a Wallace and...
A "predatory" former Church of England vicar faces spending the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced for a third time for child sex offences. Ifor Whittaker, 80, previously admitted rape and gross indecency of a young boy in the vestry of St John The...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned after a report found the Church of England covered up sexual abuse by a barrister. The independent Makin review into John Smyth's abuse of children and young men was published last week. Across five decades in three different...
A former Scout leader and housemaster at a children’s home in Nottingham has been jailed for 26 years after a jury found him guilty of historic sexual abuse. Steven McNally, now aged 67, abused five children between 1974 and 1979 when he worked at Nazareth House...
A former cathedral verger has been jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage boys. Clive McCleester, 77, was sentenced to 16 years on Thursday after pleading guilty to 10 counts of sexual abuse. The first victim was assaulted between 1969 and 1970, when McCleester...
A former cathedral verger has been jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage boys. Clive McCleester, 77, was sentenced to 16 years on Thursday after pleading guilty to 10 counts of sexual abuse. The first victim was assaulted between 1969 and 1970, when McCleester...
A £150 million fund is being set up for victims of church-related abuse, the Church of England has announced. The Church said it is “truly sorry for its past failings relating to safeguarding” as proposed details for its national redress scheme for survivors were...
A former choirmaster who 50 years ago sexually abused 14 boys at churches across the North West has finally been jailed. Richard Owen, also known as Franklyn Stanowski, met the children after they joined the choir at churches in Winsford, Knutsford...
Father Anthony White, 64, from Cross-in-Hand, East Sussex, plied the boy with drink before raping him after he visited his house, Sussex Police said. Tao Qazi, White's victim, told the BBC he has struggled to find happiness since the attack and cannot understand why...
THIS THEMATIC INVESTIGATION AUGMENTS THE DEDICATED INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ANGLICAN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES ALREADY CONDUCTED BY THE INQUIRY. In this investigation, the Inquiry obtained evidence from 38 religious organisations with a presence in England and Wales,...
A former church choirmaster and teacher who sexually abused children over three decades has been jailed for 40 years. Mark Burgess, from Portsmouth, carried out the attacks in church vestries, school music rooms and at home during piano lessons between 1976 and 2009....
The Church of England could face a wave of compensation claims from former members of a cult-like movement which collapsed due to a sex scandal 25 years ago. The Nine O'Clock Service, which was known as NOS, was an alternative Christian service and attracted young...
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