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	11yrs for Sex Fiend Ex-Monk By Richard Smith Mirror September 1, 2007 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/09/01/11yrs-for-sex-fiend-ex-monk-89520-19719049/ A former monk was yesterday jailed for nearly 11 years for sexually abusing boys at a boarding school. Paul Couch, 61, molested pupils on sailing trips and while they played with a train set. One terrified boy hid in his tiny locker after Couch put his hands down his trousers, Exeter crown court heard. When another complained to others that Couch had touched him, the monk beat them all. Couch who worked at Buckfast Abbey Catholic school in Buckfastleigh, Devon, was jailed for 10 years and nine months for the attacks 30 years ago. Judge Paul Darlow said the priest, of Plymouth, was a "sexual predator" who "portrayed the boys as liars".
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