UNITED KINGDOM
Peterborough Telegraph
By Stephen Briggs
stephen.briggs@peterboroughtoday.co.uk
Published on the 10 April 2014
A teacher and former priest has been jailed for 17 years for sexually abusing girls over a number of years.
David Goodstatd (45) showed no emotion as he was locked up by Judge Sean Enright at Peterborough Crown Court on Monday.
Goodstadt, who taught religious education at Thomas Deacon Academy was found guilty of the rape of one girl and a number of indecent assault charges against the other victims at a trial last month.
One of the girls was abused when she was under the age of 10.
Judge Sean Enright said: “I have read the victim impact statements. It is very clear you have done a great deal of damage over the years.
“You continue to deny the offences. I don’t think you will ever admit them.”
Christopher Gillespie, defending said: “He is a 45-year-old man who will spend a substantial part of the rest of his life in custody in difficult circumstances, which he has bought on himself.”
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