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Former bishop jailed for more than four years for sexually abusing boy

Anthony Pierce admitted the abuse, which took place in the late 1980s, at a hearing in February.



Former Bishop Anthony Pierce, 84, was jailed for four years and one month for sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in the late 1980s when he was a parish priest. The abuse occurred before Pierce became Bishop of Swansea and Brecon (1999-2008). The current Bishop will seek to depose Pierce from Holy Orders.

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