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63-year-old Richard Jones from Grange Road in Shanklin has begun a 7-and-a-half-year prison sentence for historic sex offences against children as young as 6. Jones, who is also known as Richard Bloch, has been convicted of 7 counts of indecent assault and 2 of gross indecency for crimes committed against 4 girls between 1991 and 2002. Brighton Crown Court heard how the former Ryde Job Centre worker carried out the sexual assaults on 4 girls aged between 6 and 11 in the Crawley, North West London and Kent areas over the 11-year period. Detective Sergeant Sian Harding of the West Sussex Safeguarding Investigation Unit has said: Jones, who was known as Bloch until he changed his name in 1995, befriended the girls families, worked his way into their confidence and systematically abused them, in most cases over a period of two or more years, for his own gratification. This came to light in 2015 when police were investigating an unrelated matter which is still under investigation. We will always take seriously all reports of sexual offences, from however long ago, and try to investigate wherever possible, to seek to achieve justice for the victims if we can. Richard Jones was sentenced on Thursday. He will remain on the sex offenders register for life. Jones actions were calculated and predatory and it is concerning to think how he would have remained unpunished had his crime not come to light. While his actions will have had a devastating impact on his victims and their families, he is now facing the consequences of the sickening abuse he carried out. This case shows that victims of past sexual abuse will be listened to, and justice achieved, no matter how long ago the offences took place.

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A man who raped a 12-year-old girl at a house party has been jailed.

Connor Freeman, 19, of Victoria Road, Dukinfield , was at a party where he met the young girl.

They ended up in a bedroom together where Freeman went on to rape her.

The girl initially confided in a friend who told her mother and it was reported to police.

Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation and Freeman was arrested.

Freeman pleaded guilty to rape of a girl under 13-years-old at an earlier hearing.

He was sentenced to 40 months in prison and placed on a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely, following a hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court.

DC Rochelle Evans, of the Phoenix Team in Tameside, said: Child sexual exploitation takes place in many forms.

In this case the victim was raped by Freeman, who paid no heed to the fact that she was only 12-years-old at the time.

I want to commend the girl for her bravery in reporting what happened to her and helping to stop Freeman from preying on any more girls.

Please visit www.itsnotokay.co.uk for information for children, young people, parents, carers and professionals on how to spot the signs of child sex exploitation and what to do about it.

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A 68-year-old man convicted of abusing two boys at a primary school in South Gloucestershire, where he worked as a caretaker, has today been jailed for 18 months. The sentencing of Brian Kelly, from Kingswood, follows a trial at Bristol Crown Court at which he was found guilty last month of four non-recent offences of sexually assaulting a child. Kelly committed the abuse on the boys on the school site where he worked as a caretaker and also looked after the schools sports clubs. The victims were aged between eight and ten at the time. Investigating officer Det Con Louise Macpherson said: Brian Kelly abused his position at the school to abuse two pupils in an outbuilding within the school premises. These offences amount to a grotesque breach of trust and he would ask the victims not to disclose the offences hed committed on them, sometimes giving them presents to help buy their silence. Id like to praise the bravery of the victims in this case, as well as the affected school and local authority, for their unflinching support and assistance with our inquiry. I hope this case acts as a reassuring reminder to other victims that sexual abuse of any kind will always be thoroughly investigated. You will be believed and supported. If you have any information youd like to provide to the inquiry team, contact North East Investigations via 101 and quote reference 5371015. Victims of rape or sexual assault, recent or non-recent, can also self-refer to The Bridge, a Sexual Assault Referral Centre available 24/7 365 days a year. Visit thebridgecanhelp.org.uk or call 0117 342 6999. The Bridge provides medical care and emotional and practical support to anyone affected by rape and sexual assault. You can call for help and decide about talking to the police later. You can also visit thisisnotanexcuse.org for details of charities and organisations who are experts in supporting victims.

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When the police seized a mans computer they found movie clips of children as young as one being sexually abused by adults. But a judge has decided the public will be better protected by Daniel Taylor having treatment and doing unpaid work than by him being jailed. Taylor, 26, of St Marys Crescent, Leamington, had pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to three charges of making indecent images of children. He was given a three-year community order and ordered to take part in a three-year sex offenders treatment programme, and to do 60 hours of unpaid work. Recorder Christopher Hotten QC also made Taylor subject to a rehabilitation activity for 30 days and ordered him to register as a sex offender for five years and to pay 600 costs. What did the judge actually say? Sentencing Taylor, Recorder Hotten told him: The seriousness of what you did is that without consumers, theres no market. Everybody who downloads images such as these helps to create a market and provides a reason for children to be abused in the appalling way these children were. That is what you have done. Sitting alone in your room, it isolates you from what is going on all to children over the world in appalling circumstances. But it seems to me the most important thing is to do what can be done to deter you from behaving in this way in the future. Although this clearly passes the custody threshold, the public is likely to be better protected by my not sending you to prison today. What was the evidence? Prosecutor James Dunstan said that in August 2015 the police went to Taylors home after receiving intelligence that someone at the address had been downloading indecent material of children. The door was answered by his partner, but when the officers then spoke to Taylor he told them they would find images on his red laptop, and showed them where it was. The laptop and a memory stick were seized, and Taylor, who had downloaded images using a file-sharing app, was arrested. When the police examined the laptop and the memory stick they found a total of 245 indecent images of children, all but five of which were movies. They were all accessible to the user, not having been deleted after being viewed, and had file names which were explicit about their content, said Mr Dunstan. There were 110 category A images showing children being subjected to the worst kind of abuse, along with 128 category B images and seven category C images. And Mr Dunstan said that explicit search terms used by Taylor showed he had specifically been looking for indecent images of both girls and boys. When he was interviewed Taylor admitted he had downloaded a couple of hundred images of children over the previous six to nine months, which he said he had initially done out of curiosity, but admitted getting sexual satisfaction from them. Anything said in mitigation? Andrew Tucker, defending, conceded: The offences themselves, of course, are horrible in their nature. But he said Taylor, who had not distributed any of the material, had shown complete and utter frankness directing the police to the laptop and making highly significant admissions. He has shown remorse, and he does have insight and understanding into what hes done.

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A PAEDOPHILE nursery volunteer's cover was blown after a Christmas card from a charity supporting sex attackers was spotted at her home, it has been reported. Tracy Lyons, 46, from Portsmouth, was jailed in 2011 for her role in a paedophile ring after she admitted filming herself abusing a two-year-old boy and sending the video and images to Colin Blanchard. A neighbour had visited Lyons who was going by a different surname at her home in Southampton but saw a Christmas card signed from all your friends at Circles, a support group for sex offenders. The Mirror said the charity is a social network aiming to rehabilitate offenders by providing volunteer friends. Her new pal confronted her on Christmas Eve after discovering her past online. She called police and fled. Lyons, formerly of Hewett Road, North End, was released from jail in 2011 after serving nine months of a four-year sentence after admitting two indecent assaults on a child, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and three counts of distributing indecent photographs of children. She volunteered at Izzies Neighbourhood Nursery, in North End, in July 2008, although police said no abuse took place there. As reported, the paedophile ring was masterminded by Blanchard, from Rochdale, whose partner Vanessa George sent him abuse images. He was jailed indefinitely with a minimum of nine years.

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Karim Stuart watched his young victim a girl under 13 give evidence in a prerecorded video at Portsmouth Crown Court.

But the 57-year-old could not deny his guilt any longer and admitted what he had done.

Now as Stuart is waking up in a prison cell at the start of a long stretch in jail, the girls mother has told how her family has a scar for life inflicted by the pervert.

Speaking to The News the mother said: Im glad its over but I will never ever get over what hes done.

Its a scar for life for me.

I hope my daughter forgets it but I doubt she will.

She understands whats happened.

Watching her tape he must have realised that he cant get away with it.

Even the jury walked out crying.

My daughter has changed completely after what happened.

Stuart, of Earlsdon Street, Southsea, had denied four counts of raping a female child under 13 and two counts of assault on a female child.

Investigating officer, Detective Constable Marie Duffy, has praised the victims courage for coming forward.

The young girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, broke down on a train and told her mother of the abuse in February this year.

Police said Stuart took advantage of the girl for his own sexual gratification.

Det Con Duffy, said: I would like to thank the victim for having the courage to come forward about these horrendous crimes and hope that todays sentence will help give her some closure, so that she can move on with her life.

It is because of her courage that the offender now faces a long prison sentence.

This sentence serves as a reminder of the seriousness of these offences.

We will always strive to bring offenders to justice; if youve been a victim or know someone who has, please call police on 101.

Stuart was jailed for 18 years at Portsmouth Crown Court by judge Sarah Munro QC on December 20.

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Dale Goll, aged 51, of Pitchill Cottages, Pitchill, near Alcester, also had 36 extreme pornographic bestiality images showing adults involved in sex acts with horses and dogs, and prohibited ‘pseudo-photographs’ depicting children in indecent acts.

Goll pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children, one of possessing images of extreme pornography and one of possessing prohibited images of children.

He was jailed for 12 months and ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years.

A judge at Warwick Crown Court rejected a submission that the plant nursery boss, whose business it was said would struggle without him, could be given a suspended sentence.

Prosecutor Rebecca Wade said the police went to Goll’s home with a warrant after receiving intelligence that he had been accessing child pornography using file-sharing software.

When they spoke to him, he admitted he had been downloading such images, and they seized seven devices which were then examined by experts.

Three of them, two computer towers and a hard drive, were found to have had illegal images on them which had been downloaded on various dates between 2005 and 2015.

Altogether the experts found 27 category A images, the most serious category, showing children being subjected to sexual activity, including one of a baby no older than two.

There was also a movie of a girl aged between eight and twelve performing a sex act on an adult, although the download was incomplete.

There were also 21 category B images of children and 11 category C images.

On one of the computers peer-to-peer file-sharing software had been installed, which Goll had used to download the images, many had been deleted after being viewed.

When Goll was interviewed, he admitted downloading the pictures, and told officers he knew what he was doing was wrong, but that he was addicted to it, although he denied being physically attracted to children, added Miss Wade.

Marcus Harry, defending, conceded: "There’s not a huge amount I can say about the offences. But although there were more than 50 in total, only eight of those were accessible, and there is only one moving image.

"He’s not a man who spent a lot of time downloading these images."

Mr Harry said Goll had struggled with periods of anxiety and depression, and it was at those times he found it more difficult to resist downloading the images.

Goll, who had been married for over 20 years and had two sons, aged 20 and 17, employs seven people at his plant business.

Urging the judge to pass a suspended sentence, Mr Harry added: "It would be difficult to keep those employees on, were he to face custody today."

But jailing Goll, Judge Sylvia de Bertodano told him: "You knew at the time it was wrong. The reason it is so serious is that although it may not seem like it when you’re sitting in front of your computer, these are real children being abused.

"If there was not a market for them, these children would likely not be being abused in this way – and the market for them is people like you.

"You have run for years a nursery you set up yourself, and you are a good employer. But I have to deal with you for this other side of your character.

"I am afraid it must be an immediate sentence. The message must go out that if adult men download images of children being horrifically abused then, no matter what the mitigation, public policy must outweigh that, and people who do this must go to prison."

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A 101-year-old man thought to be the oldest person convicted by a British jury has been jailed for child sex offences.

Ralph Clarke is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced to 13 years.

The former lorry driver abused three children in the 1970s and 1980s.

One of his victims was as young as four.

Clarke, from Erdington in Birmingham, was convicted of 21 offences of indecency with a child and indecent assault committed against two young girls.

During the trial at Birmingham Crown Court, he admitted nine charges relating to a young boy after describing the offences as "something that happened" in his past.

After his conviction he showed no emotion as Justice Richard Bond told him it would be "amazing" if he lived long enough to be released.

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A teenager will spend Christmas in custody after being locked up for groping two girls on separate occasions.

William Dowsett had denied two offences of sexual assault but was convicted by a jury.

Judge Jeremy Carey told the 19-year-old that if he had been sentencing him purely in his interests he would have let him walk free.

“I have no doubt you are now leading a law-abiding and responsible life,” he said.

“You are having a relationship with someone who trusts you.

“You have good prospects work-wise and a supporting family.”

But the judge said it was only one side of the picture.

The other side was he had to be punished to reinforce the message that those who committed sexual offences would go to prison.

Prosecutor Allister Walker said Dowsett picked up one of the girls from Strood station after she and her friend had problems catching a train.

They went to Rochester High Street, where there was a festival, and he grabbed her bottom.

Later, he told her he needed “a sex marathon”.

Judge Carey said branded the offences “predatory sexual behaviour” against the will of both victims.

Sentencing Dowsett, of Hinde Close, Sittingbourne, to 18 months’ youth custody, he added: “This was serious sexual offences and you must now take the consequences.”

Dowsett’s name will appear on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.

He will be barred from working with children under 16 or vulnerable adults.

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AN evil sex beast who raped a girl aged 12 then claimed she made up the brutal attack after he gave her a row over the state of her room has been caged for seven years.

Predator Warren Gillespie gave a one-fingered gesture as he was led handcuffed from the dock after being found guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh.

The fiend, of Bucksburn, Aberdeen, struck after he'd been left to look after the youngster and other kids when their mother went for a night out with friends.

But the terrified child eventually told her mother and police were contacted.

Gillespie was detained and interviewed by officers and was sentenced today by Judge Kenneth Maciver QC.

Advocate depute Lisa Gillespie told the court: "He denied the allegation and suggested that the victim had fabricated it due to his having reprimanded her for the untidy state of her bedroom."

But the court heard forensic analysis of clothing backed up the girl's claims she'd been attacked.

Judge Kenneth Maciver QC said: "This was the rape of a girl of 12 and a half years of age with accompanying features of significant sexual assault."

The judge said it was clear from an impact statement that the crime had significantly affected the victim and was likely to continue to do so for a long time.

Former supermarket worker Gillespie earlier admitted sexually assaulting and raping the girl in September 2014 at an address in Aberdeenshire.

He was also placed on the sex offenders' register.

Police Scotland Detective Sergeant Barry Stewart welcomed the sentence.

He said: Gillespie targeted a vulnerable young girl and today he has been held accountable for his actions. Whenever incidents of child abuse are brought to our attention they will be fully investigated by specialist officers who will provide dedicated support.

"Gillespie's victim should be commended for having the courage to come forward and report his actions. Such actions are absolutely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. The police will always listens to victims of serious sexual crimes no matter when they occurred and will carry out a thorough investigation.

"We hope that this sentence will bring some form of closure for his victim and that she can now move on with her life."

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A FORMER children's doctor in jail for sexually abusing patients has been given a further four years in prison for assaulting 10 girls as young as eight.

Michael Salmon, 81 and from Salisbury, attacked his victims during the 1970s and 1980s, when he worked as a consultant paediatrician in various hospitals in Buckinghamshire, including the world-renowned Stoke Mandeville in Aylesbury.

Earlier this month, a jury at Reading Crown Court found him guilty of 14 counts of indecent assault, but cleared him of rape and a further 11 counts of indecent assault.

Salmon, appearing in court walking on a stick and wearing a hearing loop, is already serving an 18-year term after being found guilty in February 2015 of two counts of rape and nine counts of indecent assault.

Salmon, formerly of Britford, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, indecently assaulted patients - aged between eight and 16 - while examining them, often behind a screen while their parents were in the room.

He demanded that one victim, who reported a problem with her ears, remove her clothes while he touched her inappropriately and did not examine her ears, while others were "routinely" made to disrobe.

He sexually abused one girl as she lay ill in her bedroom after going to visit her at home, while another girl was shown diagrams in books "like The Joy Of Sex".

Sentencing him at the same court, judge Johannah Cutts QC said: "Parents, often very worried about their children's condition, were thrilled their child was in your care. You were held in high esteem.

"It seems to me you considered yourself bomb-proof.

"You have never shown the slightest contrition or remorse for your actions.

"Your offending spanned 14 years - the girls were ill at the time and sexually assaulted by the doctor who was responsible for their care.

"They were treated as objects for your sexual gratification."

mfl The court heard that Salmon, a recognised expert in childhood migraines, told one of his victims that one of the five things that caused headaches was "worrying about sex".

During the "intrusive" examinations, he touched his patients inappropriately, asked some whether they were sexually active and spoke about his own sex life.

More victims came forward after the publicity surrounding the trial last year, Judge Cutts said.

As some victims looked on, the judge said she was restricted to sentencing Salmon on the prison terms allowed under laws at the time of the offences.

She dismissed an argument by his defence that the further convictions should not increase the time he will spend in prison.

"The offences are plainly so serious only a custodial sentence can be justified," she said.

"I am bound by the maximum sentences at the time of the offences.

"I have come to the conclusion the addition of indecent assaults on 10 further children, some as young as eight, would have meant a longer sentence."

The judge said that, had Salmon been convicted of the offences at the same time as the others in 2015, the total prison sentence would have been one of 22 years.

He was given four years for two of the most serious counts, which have been reclassified as assault by penetration, and two years for each of the other counts, to run concurrently.

The four-year sentence will run consecutively to the term he is already serving, the judge said.

Salmon was struck off the medical register in 1991 after pleading guilty to three counts of indecent assault against young female patients in December 1990.

An NSPCC spokesperson said:It beggars belief that a man responsible for looking after children committed so many vile assaults against those in his care.

His abhorrent crimes have now caught up with him thanks to the courage of the victims who have come forward.

These further convictions show that no one is immune from prosecution no matter how highly regarded they are or how long ago they committed their crimes.

Victims of abuse will be listened to and given support. They can call our helpline on 0808 800 5000. Children can contact Childline on 0800 1111.

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A "predator" who picked up underage girls in the street for sex and infected them with sexually-transmitted diseases has been jailed for 12 years. A court heard Antonio Agard, 54, targeted young girls in Southampton, giving them gifts and money, and lying about his age. He pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual activity with victims aged 14 or 15 at the time of the offences. The judge said Agard "brainwashed" the girls to feed his sexual desires. 'Playing with dolls' Southampton Crown Court heard Agard, of James Street, was already on the sex offenders register when he met his first victim in 2002 or 2003. The court heard he approached her in a BMW car as she was walking in the street. The pair had a relationship lasting two or three years, during which time the girl contracted gonorrhoea from him. In a victim impact statement, she said she was now estranged from her family because of the relationship and had been diagnosed as suffering from depression. The second girl was befriended in 2006 and "repeatedly infected" with chlamydia, the court heard. Her statement said she had been "playing with dolls" only a month before meeting Agard, and felt he had "taken her childhood away". The court was told Agard had three previous convictions for having sex with underage girls and one conviction for indecent assault on a child. Judge Gary Burrell QC told him: "What you did was absolutely dreadful. You operated as a street predator looking for young girls. "You used both girls for sexual pleasure: controlled, manipulated and in effect brainwashed them to be compliant with your sexual desires." He imposed consecutive six-year jail terms for each count, together with a sexual harm prevention order to last indefinitely.

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A disgraced ex-teacher avoided jail for kissing one of his vulnerable 16-year-old students after they bonded over similar problems with self-harm.

Richard Derek Quinlan was a newly-qualified teacher when he began texting the student, after swapping phone numbers at the Liverpool high school where he worked.

The relationship progressed to the point the 27-year-old even invited the teenager, who cannot be named, to his home in Mosedale Road, Walton, where the pair watched TV and eventually kissed.

She later tried to end the relationship, but the defendant continued to text the girl.

Quinlan was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work at Liverpool Magistrates Court today, after pleading guilty to a charge of abusing a position of trust to incite sexual activity with a girl below 17.

Chris Fontaine, prosecuting, told the court: Merseyside Police received a referral from child services about an inappropriate relationship with a pupil at the school, and that the two had kissed.

The head teacher of the school was made aware and asked Mr Quinlan about the allegation that he was in a relationship with a pupil. The defendant confirmed that this was true and that he had kissed her and that she had been to his home address.

Mr Fontaine said Quinlan was immediately suspended and is no longer a teacher.

The court heard the relationship began after the pair confided in each other that they both struggled with mental health issues, and had both self-harmed.

The girl provided a statement to police which said she knew the relationship was wrong but said she had not been forced into any sexual activity.

Mr Fontaine said: As she was leaving she said he kissed her. She said he instigated it but that she responded, and did not try to pull away or stop him.

She believed what had happened was wrong because he was a grown man, but she denied that any other physical contact took place. She said she didnt want him to get into any trouble for this, as she had made her choices freely.

Tom Sherrington, defending, told the court his client had attempted suicide after the case came to light.

He said: This was a case where Mr Quinlan abused the position of trust he was in, as he has accepted from the outset.

However it was a position where he was confided in by a vulnerable person on the basis that himself was a vulnerable person, he himself suffered similar mental health issues as the victim did, including self harm and suicide attempts. He attempted suicide after the circumstances of the case came out.

Mr Sherrington said his client had regretted the relationship from day one and will never be able to work as a teacher again due to his conviction.

Presiding magistrate Maureen Lewis, sentencing, said: We feel for you the greater punishment has probably already taken place. You are a young man who has achieved great things, but you have lost your good name and character and you have lost your career.

Quinlan was ordered to attend rehabilitation and sex offender courses with the Probation Service as part of a two-year community order, alongside the unpaid work.

He was also ordered to sign on the sex offenders register for five years and told to pay 85 prosecution costs and an 85 victim surcharge.

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A retired teacher convicted of serious sexual assaults against 11 girls during the 1970s has been jailed for 20 years.

Timothy Bleach, 76, attacked girls aged between eight and 11 while he worked at Weyford Junior School in Bordon, Hampshire, between 1973 and 1980.

Passing sentence, Judge Roger Hetherington said Bleach's victims suffered "real psychological damage".

He was convicted of 56 offences including rapes, indecent assaults and acts of gross indecency.

Bleach, of Hazel Walk, Petersfield, raped one girl on no fewer than 10 occasions and another at least three times.

Hampshire Police received the first complaint against him in 2014 from a woman who had watched a BBC report on the force's work on historical sex crimes.

During a five-week trial at Portsmouth Crown Court, the jury was told Bleach attacked pupils in a school store cupboard, in classrooms and at some of their homes.

Judge Hetherington said Bleach took advantage of the girls' "innocence and trusting nature", in some cases assaulting them in front of other pupils and on other occasions at his home where he gave piano lessons.

"You used the cover of teaching, and the respect accorded to that profession, to pursue your predilection," he added.

The court heard he continued to offend after moving to Africa - raping a schoolgirl in Zambia.

Hampshire police said his victims - now women in their 40s - showed "remarkable bravery and courage" in coming forward to give evidence.

Det Insp Jim Park said: "Mr Bleach - a teacher, and as such a man entrusted to safeguard children - abused his position of trust over and over again by committing these awful acts."

Bleach showed little emotion as he was sentenced. He will not be considered for parole until he has served half of his 20 year sentence.

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THE disgraced former chaplain of a Roman Catholic children’s home who sexually abused boys in his care deserved every day of his 15-year jail term, the nation’s top judge has ruled.

Anthony McCallen, 70, was convicted of 11 serious sexual offences against children at Leeds Crown Court and locked away in January this year.

His crimes took place while he was a priest living in the presbytery at a home for troubled youngsters near Market Weighton, east Yorkshire, during the 1970s and 1980s.

His lawyers claimed his punishment was over the top when compared to the more lenient treatment of a lay teacher at the school who was a committed paedophile.

Now defrocked McCallen, of Whernside Crescent, Ingleby Barwick , had led a blameless life since 1993, it was argued.

His case was heard along with those of eight other sex offenders at London’s Appeal Court by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, and four other senior judges.

Lord Thomas’s ruling in the test case will be used by courts around the country from now on as guidance when passing sentence in historic child abuse cases.

The judge said there were four teenage victims of McCallen’s crimes, one of whom he regularly assaulted after “coming to his bed at night”.

The same boy was raped by McCallen after the cleric asked him to his home for tea, the court heard.

In 1993, after leaving the school, McCallen was convicted of importing an indecent video, six offences of taking indecent photos of young boys and two counts of indecent assault.

McCallen was finally brought to book for his crimes at the school after Humberside Police launched an investigation into sex abuse there in 2010.

And, dismissing his appeal, Lord Thomas said: “There was nothing wrong in principle with the sentence imposed for these offences”