UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A retired priest accused of indecent assault told a court he spent 40 years “in denial” of his homosexual feelings.
Vickery House, 69, of West Sussex also said he had a sexual relationship with a man while at theological college.
Mr House, of Brighton Road, Handcross kept the relationship secret and married his childhood sweetheart.
At the Old Bailey, the retired Church of England priest denies eight charges of indecent assault against six males aged 15 to 34, between 1970 and 1986.
The court heard that Mr House, who has been married for 47 years and has two children, was aged 18 when he had his first sexual encounter with a male.
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