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	Priest in Court over Sex Offences A Church of England Priest Has Appeared before Magistrates Accused of the Attempted Rape of a Child and Six Other Sexual Offences BBC News [United Kingdom] February 22, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6385785.stm Father John Herve, vicar at St Agatha's in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, is alleged to have committed the offences in the 1990s and has since been suspended. The 57-year-old, of Stanhope Street, Highgate, Birmingham, is due to appear at the city's crown court on 1 March. The charges follow a year-long investigation by West Midlands Police. The priest, an honorary canon and former Army chaplain, was granted unconditional bail by magistrates in Birmingham. He is charged with one count of attempted rape of a person under 16, five counts of indecent assault on persons under 14 and one count of indecent assault on a person under 16.
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