UNITED KINGDOM
The Northern Echo
8:00am Wednesday 7th March 2012 in Darlington By Neil Hunter
A SELF-PROCLAIMED priest who flashed at two women and blames his worrying behaviour on “too much pornography” was yesterday jailed for four months.
A judge told Royston Thompson that his sentencing powers were limited – but warned that he will be dealt with more harshly if he repeats his offending.
Thompson, 25, of Melland Street, Darlington, told Judge Howard Crowson from the back of the dock at Teesside Crown Court: “I won’t be coming back again.”
At an earlier court hearing, Thompson compared his behaviour with models on the adult television channel Babestation, and described it as “extreme flirting”.
His barrister, Martin Towers, said yesterday the trainee priest with the Mormon church had become confused about the boundaries of decency by pornography.
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