Former priest jailed for historic child sex offences, ITV (December 9, 2014)

Former priest jailed for historic child sex offences

ITV
December 9, 2014

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-12-09/former-priest-jailed-for-historic-child-sex-offences/

A 75-year-old man has been sentenced to six years behind bars at Reading Crown Court after pleading guilty, at a preliminary hearing, to historic child sex offences which took place in Windsor, Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight between 1965 and 1979.

Michael Feben, of Medina Avenue, Newport, pleaded guilty to six offences relating to three boys, aged between 11 and 13 years old.

Feben was a priest and aged in his twenties at the time of these offences and continued to offend for decades. This was a gross breach of his position of trust, as he took advantage of young boys who attended his parish.

These victims are now men, who have waited a long time to see justice done for the abuse they suffered.

– Det Con Francesca Worley