UNITED KINGDOM
The Gazette
POETRY, art and music were just some of the topics a perverted priest used to impress a schoolboy.
Vickery House used his knowledge of poetry, art and music to lure a 14-year-old boy in 1970.
The Church of England priest, now 69, allegedly groped the teenager after offering him a role as server in the Devon parish of Crediton.
The married curate from Seattle in the US had previously impressed the boy with his knowledge of poetry, art and music, jurors were told.
His alleged victim eventually went to police in 2001 but ‘for reasons that remain unclear’ nothing was done, the Old Bailey heard.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.