UNITED KINGDOM
International Business Times
By Hannah Osborne
December 21, 2012
A former vicar has been jailed for 12 years for abusing a teenage boy more than 20 years ago.
David Roberts, who served as a vicar in Taunton, was arrested in March after a man made allegations against him relating to an offences committed in the 1980s.
At the time of the offence, the victim was 13 years old. Roberts, 68, admitted two charges of indecent assault and three more serious sex offences.
He had served as the vicar at St John the Evangelist Church.
The attacks took place between 1985 and 1988. After the sentencing, DC Andrew Daw said: “This was an extremely sensitive investigation that has resulted in Roberts being jailed for a significant amount of time.
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