UNITED KINGDOM
The Freethinker
Paedophile Catholic priest Philip Temple, 66, above, was today jailed in London for 12 years after admitting the sexual abuse of 13 children dating back to the 1970s.
Temple, a former children’s home worker, was sentenced at Woolwich crown court after pleading guilty to 20 charges of sexual assault in April and a further seven charges this week.
Temple twice stood trial in the late 1990s. In the first case the jury was unable to reach a verdict and Temple was acquitted in a retrial.
Before passing sentence today, judge Christopher Hehir, apologised to one of Temple’s victims, saying that justice was not done when you came to court in 1998 and 1999.
The court heard that the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had become a self-harming recluse and had attempted suicide following the trials.
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