ENGLAND
BBC News
December 21, 2020
A former vicar who sexually abused children for four decades in a “despicable” exploitation of trust has been jailed.
Rev John Roberts, 86 and of Cherry Vale, Woolton, was found guilty of ten counts of indecent and sexual assault at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.
Roberts was vicar at St Peter’s Church in Woolton, which is known as the “Beatles church” due to it being where John Lennon and Paul McCartney met.
He was jailed for nine years.
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