UNITED KINGDOM
Metro
Two retired Church of England priests, understood to be Canon Gordon Rideout, 73, and former parish priest Robert Coles, 70, have been arrested in Eastbourne in connection with a series of sexual assaults against children dating back almost half a century.
Sussex police said although the men were arrested on the same day it is not thought the two cases are linked.
Detectives have emphasised that no children are currently thought to be at risk.
The 73-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assaults committed against nine young people at locations in Crawley in West Sussex, Barkingside in north-east London and Middle Wallop in Hampshire on various dates between 1965 and 1972.
The 70-year-old man meanwhile was arrested on suspicion of sexual assaults against three young men in West Sussex during late 1970s and mid-1980s.
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