Priest Paul Clarke guilty over indecent child images

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

A Roman Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to five charges in connection with more than 3,000 indecent images of children.

Paul Clarke, 71, from East Sussex but now living in Manchester, entered the pleas at Lewes Crown Court.

He had been charged with possessing an indecent image of a child, possession of prohibited images and making a total of 3,100 indecent images of children.

He is due to be sentenced on 5 February.

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