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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