Headteacher who became a Church of England vicar, 63, ‘was a “father figure” to a boy he sexually abused for seven years’

UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail

By Alex Matthews For Mailonline

Vicar David Fletcher is alleged to have abused a boy while he was a teacher in Bradford during the 1980s and 1990s

A former headteacher who went on to become a Church of England vicar has been accused of sexually abusing a boy for seven years.

David Fletcher, 63, is alleged to have indecently touched the youngster, who was between nine and 15, from the late 1980s and into the 1990s before targeting him again when he was an adult.

During this period Fletcher, who is currently a vicar in East Yorkshire, was deputy headteacher at a primary school and later a headteacher of a secondary school in Bradford.

A man said Fletcher touched him indecently before thrusting his body at him and ‘snogging’ him.

The complainant has also accused the vicar of sexually assaulting him in a kitchen on a date between 2009 and 2011.

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