UNITED KINGDOM
Crawley and Horley Observer
A former Crawley priest jailed for abusing children has been banned from preaching for the rest of his life.
Gordon Rideout, 74, who was assistant curate at St Mary’s Church, Southgate, in the 1960s, was jailed in May 2013.
He had been found guilty of 36 sexual offences against 16 young girls and boys and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Diocese of Chichester has confirmed Rideout had been prohibited for life from exercising any functions of ordained ministry within the Church of England.
Bishop of Chichester Martin Warner said: “A sentence of prohibition for life is the most severe sanction that can be imposed under the clergy discipline measure and is a further indication of the gravity of the offences committed.”
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