UNITED KINGDOM
West Briton
THE FORMER communications chief for the Bishop of Truro has been jailed for seven years for abusing young boys in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jeremy Dowling, 77, of Church Path, Bude, admitted 15 counts of sexually abusing boys under the age of 13 while he was teacher at a boarding school in Cornwall.
The charges relate to offences against five young boys who were students at the school.
Truro Crown Court was told the victims were his “favourites” and he groomed them by giving them sweets and gifts.
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