UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By ANTHONY JOSEPH FOR MAILONLINE
An Oxford-educated pastor who preached about abstinence raped two teenage girls after grooming hundreds of children online.
Timothy Storey, 35, sexually assaulted the churchgoers of St Michael’s Church in Belgravia, London.
The former theology student at Wycliffe Hall began his grooming by sending the girls flattering messages on Facebook.
One of his victims, who was raped twice, was so under his control she described him as ‘more influential than God’.
Both had complained to the Church of England about Storey, but the allegations were ‘brushed aside’, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
Storey claimed the girls had given their consent but today he has been convicted of three rape charges and one count of sexual assault.
The first victim, now 25, met the children’s pastor when she joined the church in 2002.
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