UNITED KINGDOM
Rutland & Stamford Mercury
A retired Church of England priest from Sussex, who is at the centre of an abuse inquiry, has been arrested over new sexual assault allegations.
Canon Gordon Rideout, 73, was arrested and interviewed on Monday on suspicion of four sexual assaults on young people during the late 1960s and early 1970s in Ifield, West Sussex, and Middle Wallop, Hampshire, according to Sussex Police.
Mr Rideout, From Eastbourne, East Sussex, was due to answer bail on Wednesday following his arrest on March 6 on suspicion of sexual assaults committed against nine young people in Crawley, West Sussex, Barkingside, north east London, and Middle Wallop, Hampshire, between 1965 and 1972. He has been bailed to return on June 20, a Sussex Police spokesman said.
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