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	Former Methodist Leader Convicted One in Four [Northern Ireland] February 26, 2007 http://www.oneinfour.org/news/news2007/kennethbest/ The Methodist Church in Ireland has said it was "greatly saddened to learn" of the conviction of a former president of the church, Kenneth Best, of sex abuse. In a statement it also said it "deeply regrets any suffering caused by his actions". At Belfast Crown Court last Friday, Best received an 18-month prison sentence for each of six charges, to run concurrently, and suspended for two years. Best was president of the Methodist Church in Ireland from 1996 to 1997. He pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a boy in the 1960s. He admitted six charges of sexual assault between January 1st, 1963, and December 31st, 1966. The court heard he was 19 when he first interfered with the victim, then aged 14.
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