BRITAIN
Journal
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21 April 2005
A SEX offender has been banned from serving at a Catholic church in Crouch End after complaints from furious parents.
Parents at St Peter In Chains, Womersly Road, called a meeting with Bishop George Stack after it emerged that Brian Parnell had assisted as an altar server.
Mr Parnell, 67, of Chestnut Road, Crouch End - a world-class pianist - was released from prison in December 2004.
He had been found guilty in June 2004 of attempting to incite a male under 16 to commit a serious sexual act and of trying to incite a male under 16 to commit an act of gross indecency. He was jailed for two years and placed on the Sex Offenders Register.