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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jericho Paradeza

Internet Reacts to Former Priest Convicted of Child Abuse Receiving Only a Two-Year Community Order

Former priest Edward Phillips-Smith abused his victims at his Brewood home and school accommodation at St Peter's. (For illustrative purposes only.) (Credit: Pexels/Doğu Tuncer)

Wolverhampton Crown Court sentenced Edward Phillips-Smith, a former priestt convicted of child sexual abuse, to a two-year community order on Monday, 20 July.

The 76-year-old was already serving a 32-month prison sentence for sexually abusing schoolboys in the early 1980s. He pleaded guilty to additional child sexual abuse offences that came to light after his earlier conviction, resulting in the two-year community order.

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