Sussex priest Wilkie Denford questioned over abuse claims

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC news

A Church of England priest has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing two young boys in the late 1980s.

Father Wilkie Denford, 76, who is semi-retired and lives in Lewes, and a 68 year-old-man, also from the Lewes area, were arrested in November.

The pair are accused of abusing the boys at a number of locations in West Sussex in 1988.

Both men have been questioned by Sussex Police and bailed until 1 March.

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