76-year-old former chaplain with terminal cancer convicted of abusing young boys
The judge cited his recent prison term and terminal cancer, while victims said the abuse has affected them for decades.
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Internet Reacts to Former Priest Convicted of Child Abuse Receiving Only a Two-Year Community Order
Wolverhampton Crown Court sentenced Edward Phillips-Smith, a former priestt convicted of child sexual abuse, to a two-year community order on Monday, 20 July. The 76-year-old was already serving a 32-month prison sentence for sexually abusing schoolboys in the early 1980s. He pleaded guilty to additional child sexual abuse offences that came to light after his earlier conviction, resulting in the two-year community order. The decision prompted w…
Child abuse priest gets two-year community order – BishopAccountability.org
A priest and former school chaplain has been given a two-year community order after admitting the sexual abuse of two schoolboys more than 40 years ago. Edwards Phillips-Smith, 76, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting an 11-year-old boy and inciting him to commit an act of gross indecency in his flat at St Peter’s Collegiate School in Wolverhampton between 1978 and 1980. He had also admitted to indecently assaulting a second boy under 14, and…
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