UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A Roman Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to possessing more than 3,000 indecent images of children.
Paul Clarke, 71, from East Sussex, but now living in Manchester, was given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Lewes Crown Court.
He admitted possessing an indecent image of a child, possession of prohibited images.
Clarke, of Redclyffe Road, Urmston, was put on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.
The court, where he was also given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order restricting his access to computers, was told he had a total of 3,100 indecent images.
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