UNITED KINGDOM
Yorkshire Evening Post
A Leeds man who was sexually abused by a choirmaster and former magistrate for five years has urged victims of similar offences to come forward as he revealed plans to take legal action over his ordeal.
The abuse Roy Blanchard suffered at the hands of Kenneth Endersby, a choirmaster and organist at St Stephen’s church in Kirkstall, began in 1966 when he was 11.
It was only last year that Endersby was found guilty of ten offences at Leeds Crown Court and jailed for eight years.
Lawyers for Mr Blanchard, who waived his anonymity to speak to the YEP, are preparing to issue legal proceedings in the High Court in a bid to get compensation.
They believe the correct defendant is the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of Kirkstall and are in discussions with the Church of England Diocese of Leeds to establish who the correct insurer would be.
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