UNITED KINGDOM
Liverpool Echo
Oct 19, 2014 By Joe Thomas
Rev Ian Hughes was jailed for a year in January after being found in possession of more than 8,000 indecent images and video
A disgraced Merseyside vicar jailed after being found in possession of more than 8,000 indecent images and video of children has been kicked out of the Church of England.
Reverend Ian Hughes was sentenced to 12 months behind bars in January for his illicit cache of pornographic material after police raided his vicarage in Wallasey.
While the vicar – known for his nose piercing – has now been released from prison his former employers have formally banned him following their own investigation.
Rev Hughes was priest in charge of the Wirral parishes Poulton and Seacombe when his home on Brougham Road, Wallasey, was searched in May 2013.
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