UNITED KINGDOM
The Argus
1:55pm Tuesday 6th March 2012 in News By Ben Parsons, Crime Reporter
Two men in their 70s have been arrested after an investigation into alleged sex abuse by Church of England priests between the 1960s and 1980s.
A 73-year old man was arrested near Eastbourne today (March 6) on suspicion of sexually assaulting nine young people, in Crawley, Barkingside in London, and Middle Wallop in Hampshire between 1965 and 1972.
A 70-year old man was also arrested at his home address in Eastbourne on suspicion of sexual assaults against three young men in West Sussex during the late 1970s and mid-1980s.
Sussex Police issued the following statement: “The arrests result from an investigation over the past six months by a team of specialist Sussex Police child protection detectives.
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