Rawtenstall ‘trainee priest’ jailed for sex abuse

UNITED KINGDOM
Lancashire Telegraph

By Wendy Barlow, Court reporter

A 27-YEAR-OLD man, said by a judge to ‘pose a real risk to children’, has been jailed for 10 years for sexually abusing two girls.

Richard Simcock, who told the authorities he has since studied for the Mormon priesthood, repeatedly tried to rape one frightened victim and committed indecent acts on the other.

He was said to have pinned down the girl he attempted to rape as she tried to stop him.

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