UNITED KINGDOM
The Argus
By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter
A former teacher and assistant priest has been charged with assaulting boys.
Christopher Howarth, 66, retired, of Rocks Park Road, Uckfield, is due to appear on bail at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, February 20, charged with 24 offences, all allegedly taking place in the Uckfield area.
Howarth, who taught at Uckfield Community Technology College until 2007, was charged today.
He is accused of 12 counts of causing engagement in sexual activity with a boy now aged 19 between 2005 and 2011, two of sexual assault by penetration against the same boy over the same period, nine of sexual assault against a boy now aged 20 between 2004 and 2012 and one of causing the same boy to watch a sexual act.
A Sussex Police statement said: “The charges, authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service, follow an investigation by specialist Sussex Police child protection detectives.
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