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Anahita Hossein-Pour

Former vicar jailed for life after raping six-year-old boy in church

Ifor Whittaker, 80, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Hove Crown Court (Sussex Police/PA) -

A “predatory” former vicar faces spending the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced for a third time for child sex offences after raping a six-year-old boy in his church.

Ifor Whittaker, 80, admitted rape and gross indecency with the child in the vestry of St John The Baptist Church in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, where he served as a priest under the name Colin Pritchard.

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