UNITED STATES
BBC News
A retired Church of England priest from Eastbourne has been charged with 29 sexual offences against three boys.
Robert Coles, 71, of Upperton Road, is alleged to have committed the acts from 1978 to 1984 in West Sussex, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and the Isle of White.
He was arrested on 6 March following a nine-month investigation and released on conditional bail – but charged on Thursday following further interviews.
He is due to appear at Chichester Magistrates’ Court on 5 September.
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