Former church minister jailed for 15 years for raping his wife and stepdaughter

UNITED KINGDOM
Stroud News & Journal

A FORMER evangelical church minister who subjected his family to sexual abuse and cruelty and was jailed for 15 years on Friday.

Jailing the man at Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Jamie Tabor described him as ‘bullying and tyrannical’.

The man, from the Quedgeley area, was convicted earlier this month of raping his wife and stepdaughter and of cruelty against both the stepdaughter and a stepson.

During the trial, the court heard how the man imposed a ‘Victorian nightmare’ on his family.

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