UNITED KINGDOM
The Argus
THE CHURCH was rocked yesterday after a third Sussex priest in as many weeks was found to have committed sexual offences.
Vickery House, former vicar of Berwick, was convicted of five counts of indecent assault on males – with one as young as 14 – over a period of 16 years.
He was cleared on three further counts at the Old Bailey.
It comes after former Bishop of Lewes, Peter Ball, was jailed for 32 months on October 7 for committing acts of “debasement” in the name of religion with regards 18 vulnerable victims.
On Thursday last week, former Bishop of Chichester George Ball, was also outed as an offender after the Church paid compensation to a victim he abused more than 50 years ago.
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