UNITED KINGDOM
Virtual Lancaster
A former canon at Lancaster’s Catholic Cathedral, Stephen Shield, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after he was convicted of three historic sexual offences.
He has been put on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
Shield, 53, of Balmoral Road, Lancaster, was found guilty last month of three counts of indecent assault following a trial at Preston Crown Court and was sentenced earlier today.
The three historic allegations related to one male victim aged between 17-24 years. The offences were committed between 1985 and 1992.
The Bishop of Lancaster, the Right Reverend Michael G Campbell, has described the case as a “tragic episode.
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