Ex choirmaster “robbed abuse victims of childhood”

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

A former choirmaster has been jailed for sexually abusing two boys in the 1980s and 1990s.

Richard Lucas, 68, met the victims at All Saints United Church in Longwell Green, South Gloucestershire.

He was convicted of 11 counts of indecent assault and sentenced to eight-and-a-half years at Bristol Crown Court.

Police said he had “robbed his victims of their childhoods”.

The Diocese of Bristol said it was “deeply saddened and shocked” by his actions.

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