UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A man who was sexually abused as a boy by a Church of England priest has rejected a six-figure compensation offer.
The man, who cannot be identified, was one of a number of boys abused by Robert Coles when he was a priest in Horsham and Chichester, in Sussex.
Coles, of Upperton Road, Eastbourne, was jailed for eight years in February after admitting 11 sex abuse charges.
The victim, now 45, says he wants a sum “in proportion” to his suffering.
‘Archbishop appalled’
He told the BBC: “I’ve been sectioned, I’ve self-harmed. I’ve tried to end my life.
“Numerous times I’ve been in intensive care.”
The man, who said he had reported the abuse to Sussex Police in 1997, says he is prepared to go to court to get the compensation he believes he deserves.
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