UNITED KINGDOM
Eastbourne Herald
Published on 16/05/201
THE jury hearing the trial of retired Eastbourne priest, Gordon Rideout, will return to court this morning to consider their verdict.
The jury at Lewes Crown Court was sent home last night (Wednesday) to return this morning to begin their deliberations into the case surrounding the 74-year-old from Polegate.
Canon Gordon Rideout has pleaded not guilty to 35 indecent assaults and two attempted rapes. He is alleged to have committed 30 indecent assaults and two attempted rapes when he was assistant curate at St Mary’s Church, Southgate.
The complainants, ten woman and four men, were child residents of a Crawley children’s home at the time of the alleged assaults.
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