UNITED KINGDOM
Lancaster Guardian
Published on 04/04/2013
A Priest based at Lancaster Cathedral was this week charged with three counts of indecent assault.
Canon Stephen Shield, 53, who was dean at the Roman Catholic cathedral in St Peter’s Road, Lancaster, was arrested by police on March 23.
On Tuesday he was charged with three sexual offences relating to one male and bailed to appear before Preston magistrates on Wednesday, April 17.
The offences are alleged to have been committed more than two decades ago when the alleged victim was aged between 17 and 24.
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