UNITED KINGDOM
Rutland & Stamford Mercury
Published on Thursday 8 March 2012
A former Worcestershire council leader and church minister who “used his positions of power and trust to sexually abuse vulnerable females” has admitted indecently assaulting a teenage girl, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
George Lord, 79, from Bromsgrove, pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16, during a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.
The crimes were committed in 1977, when he was a church minister in Droitwich.
The pensioner, ex-leader of Worcestershire County Council, had denied the charges and was due to face trial later this month, but changed his plea during a pre-trial hearing this afternoon.
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