Church of England Priest Gets 4-year Sentence for Sexually Abusing Teenage Boys

Calgary Herald
November 19, 2012

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A retired Church of England priest has been jailed for four years after admitting that he sexually abused three boys between 1983 and 1991.

The case against 75-year-old Rev. Ronald Johns revealed that the bishop of Carlisle had responded to another boy's complaint in 1993 by moving the priest but taking no further action.

Judge Rabinder Singh, presiding Monday in Carlisle Crown Court, noted that a pre-sentence report described Johns' behaviour as manipulative and predatory.

When a complaint was made in 1993, the late Bishop Ian Harland removed Johns from his post and reassigned him to a village church.

The diocese admitted in September that the initial complaint had not been handled properly and that it was "absolutely wrong" that Johns had been offered a different post.