UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A Church of England priest and former teacher who gave money to two boys he sexually abused has been jailed.
The Reverend Christopher Howarth, of Rocks Park Road, Uckfield, was found guilty of 26 offences against the boys, now aged 19 and 20.
The court heard he paid money to the boys in return for sexual gratification and told one of them he was “preparing” him for a girlfriend.
Howarth was jailed for 10 years at Lewes Crown Court on Friday.
The 68-year-old, who had admitted one count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, was also ordered to be placed on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
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