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>Title: OAP jailed for abusing young boys at Jesus Army >homes >Website: Lancashire Post >Date: 08/06/2016 >Link : >http://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/preston/oap-jailed >-for-abusing-young-boys-at-jesus-army-homes-1-7952584 > >A member of the Jesus Army has been jailed for five >years for sexually abusing two boys at communes run by >the Christian organisation. > >The Man, 66, targeted one boy as he slept in his bed >at a Jesus Army house in Preston, and lured another to >his bedroom with the promise of dried fruit. > >Preston Crown Court heard the man, who worked as a >school caretaker and crossing patrol in Preston, lived >as part of the religious community and was trusted by >his fellow members. > >But while staying at a house in Preston, He crept into >a youngster’s bedroom and lured him to his attic >room, where he started talking about sex and made the >youngster engage in sexual behaviour with him. > >On another occasion, the paedophile promised another >boy dried fruit but said he would have to come to his >bedroom to get it. > >Once in the bedroom, he groped the youngster as he >pretended to be picking up the fruit. > >Judge Stuart Baker, sentencing, said: “You were part >of the community. Those children and their mothers >were entitled to expect that anyone living in the >house with the would not abuse them.” > >Throughout the 1990s the pensioner moved between Jesus >Army’s network of properties in Preston and >Northampton. > >He took on work as a school caretaker and crossing >patrol at Fulwood High School and Kennington County >Primary School in Preston. There is no suggestion any >abuse took part in the execution of those roles. > >Last year allegations emerged that he had carried out >a string of rapes and sexual assaults on children >living within the Lancashire Jesus Army community and >the man was called to stand trial. > >The boys - who are now in their 20s - appeared visibly >distressed as they recounted they abuse they suffered >at the man’s hands during their childhood. > >The man was cleared of 13 charges - including separate >allegations relating to two girls - but convicted of >three counts of indecency and indecent assault against >the two boys who were living at the home. > >Judge Baker said: “I take the view that for a 50 >year old man as you were then to commit offences >against two very young boys in domestic circumstances >in which you were all living are offences so serious >that had I been sentencing at the time, you would have >inevitably faced an immediate custodial sentence.” > >The judge handed the man a four year sentence for >abusing the first boy and a further 12 months for his >attack on the second boy. > >Both boys were still at primary school when they were >targeted by the man. > >The pensioner, who lives in supported accommodation in >Louise Street, Northampton, has been placed on the sex >offenders register for life and made the subject of a >sexual harm prevention order to protect other children. > >A spokesman for the Jesus Army said: “We welcome the >verdict. We are deeply shocked and saddened by these >crimes and the distress to the victims and their >families. > >“We hope the verdict will bring some sense of >closure to these families. > >“We are appalled that this abuse took place, that it >happened on our church premises and that we have been >connected to this appalling situation.” > >Since the offences were committed in the 1990s the >Jesus Army, or Jesus Foundation as it is now known, >has taken safeguarding measures to protect children >within its community, the group said. > >In 2013 it invited disclosure from members of the >congregation which led to a number of police >investigations. > >The organisation now employs safe guarding staff and >is audited by the Churches Child Protection Advisory >Services.
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