UNITED KINGDOM
Christian Today
Harry Farley JOURNALIST 03 May 2017
A paedophile vicar who posted explicit handwritten fantasy stories about child sex through neighbours letterboxes has been spared a jail sentence.
Rev Peter Low, 65, was found in possession of 124 indecent images of children, including nine in the most serious category A, a court heard on Tuesday.
The priest was caught after he called police himself to report a burglary at his home in Heybridge, Essex. Police found nothing stolen but his handwriting matched graphic notes about ‘scantily clad’ children that had been posted through neighbours’ doors, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
But Low avoided prison and instead has been sentenced to a three-year community order after pleading guilty to three counts of possession of indecent images of children and one count of possession of a prohibited image of a child on March 29.
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