Trainee priest who was caught on camera as he was snared by paedophile hunters trying to meet schoolboy for sex is jailed for a year

NEWCASTLE (ENGLAND)
Daily Mail

February 3, 2018

By Mark Duell

– James Leigh had already sent intimate picture to ‘boy’ before arranging meeting

– Said he liked ‘sweaty teen lads’ to Grindr profile he believed was of a 14-year-old

– But 30-year-old learner clergyman was confronted by Guardians of the North

– Leigh has pleaded guilty to attempting to meet a child after sexual grooming

This is the moment a trainee priest was snared by paedophile hunters as he tried to meet an underage schoolboy for sex – before being jailed for a year.

James Leigh had already sent an intimate picture and boasted that he liked ‘sweaty teen lads’ to a Grindr profile he believed belonged to a 14-year-old virgin.

But when he turned up to meet ‘the boy’ at a quiet leisure centre car park after dark, the 30-year-old learner clergyman was confronted by Guardians of the North.

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