UNITED KINGDOM
Liverpool Echo
A Merseyside vicar is facing jail after pleading guilty to making and possessing thousands of indecent images of children.
The Rev Ian Hughes, who was priest in charge of the Wirral parishes Poulton and Seacombe, admitted 16 counts relating to more than 8,000 images and movies when he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today.
Hughes, 46, appeared in the dock wearing a dark suit and tie without his trademark nose ring and dog collar and replied guilty as each charge was put to him.
He also admitted possession of an extreme pornographic image that was “grossly offensive and disgusting” involving an animal.
Hughes was charged following a search of his home on Brougham Road, Wallasey , on May 22 last year.
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