UNITED KINGDOM
North Devon Journal
A DEVON man who claims to have been sexually assaulted by a Church of England priest has said police failed to investigate his complaint more than a decade ago.
Last year priest Vickery House was jailed for six and a half years for five sexual offences against boys. The youngest of House’s victims was 14.
BBC News has reported a victim informed Devon and Cornwall Police about being abused by the priest in 2001 – 11 years before an investigation was launched.
The victim who cannot be named, contacted police with his story in 2001. The investigation that led to House’s conviction was started by Sussex Police in May 2012.
“I reached a point when I couldn’t function properly as a human being,” he told the BBC.
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