Queen's former verger, 77, who carried out historic 性の 乱用 against two schoolboys is 刑務所，拘置所d for 16 years

A former verger to the late Queen who sexually 乱用d two schoolboys was today 刑務所，拘置所d for 16 years.?

Clive McCleester, 77, who served at Windsor 城's St George's Chapel and 監督するd 訪問者s to the Queen Mother’s tomb, pleaded 有罪の to 10 性の offences at Inner London 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所.

The Church of England 公式の／役人 乱用d his first 犠牲者 while working as a child 福利事業 officer at Tylney Hall School in Hampshire between January 1968 and December 1970.

McCleester later sexually 乱用d a choirboy at Southwark Cathedral in the 1980s while living in the church's vicarage.?

The church officer, who lives in the Grade I 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d Hospital of St Cross almshouse in Winchester, was dubbed a 'vile predator' by police after admitting his offences just days before his 事例／患者 was 始める，決める to be heard in 法廷，裁判所.?

Clive McCleester (pictured) was today 刑務所，拘置所d for 16 years after pleading 有罪の to 10 historic counts of 性の 乱用

検察官，検事 Catherine Donnelly told Inner London 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 McCleester 乱用d one of his 犠牲者s on the day of his grandmother’s funeral while walking with him in the grounds of Tylney Hall.?

McCleester then took the child 支援する to his room and continued the attack.

‘The 犠牲者 went on to 述べる that such 出来事/事件s happened two to three times a week,’ said Ms Donnelly. ‘It was an 現在進行中の 支えるd 乱用 over many occasions.

‘McCleester oversaw the boy’s bath time and 確実にするd the 犠牲者 was in the bath as …に反対するd to the にわか雨 as it had its own cubicle.’

McCleester 定期的に 強襲，強姦d the boy, the 法廷，裁判所 heard.

‘This would take place 定期的に, taking every passing 適切な時期 to touch him,’ said Ms Donnelly.

He complained to police about the 乱用 after speaking with a counsellor but passed away in 2020.

The second 犠牲者 was 乱用d between January 1984 and May 1987 while McCleester was working as 長，率いる verger at Southwark Cathedral.

He was first 強襲，強姦d by McCleester after 存在 招待するd 支援する to his home for a Chinese takeaway.

McCleester ‘耐える-hugged’ the boy and 押し進めるd his genital area to his backside. He sexually 強襲，強姦d him on up to four occasions, the 法廷，裁判所 heard.

‘It is （疑いを）晴らす this 犠牲者 liked Mr McCleester and thought 井戸／弁護士席 of him.

‘He said he was never 軍隊d but 同意d to what happened, it’s only in retrospect he has come to 受託する he was 乱用d and groomed,’ said Ms Donnelly.

He 乱用d the chorister at his flat in the vicarage.

Police reviewed historical documentation, 古記録 とじ込み／提出するs and 雇用 記録，記録的な／記録するs to trace 証言，証人／目撃するs in the 事例／患者.

McCleester …に出席するd 法廷，裁判所 経由で ビデオ-link from south London’s Thameside 刑務所，拘置所 as 裁判官 Jane Rowley told him: ‘You were in a position of 広大な／多数の／重要な 責任／義務 within the 階層制度 of the Church of England.

‘You took advantage of your position of 責任／義務 to sexually 乱用 young 犠牲者s at the school and at the church.’

Clive McCleester (pictured) was labelled a 'vile predator' by 探偵，刑事 Sergeant Hannah Stewart, from the Met's Central Specialist 罪，犯罪 部隊

She referred to the 犠牲者 衝撃 声明 of the boy he 乱用d when he was 長，率いる verger at Southwark Cathedral.

‘He 述べるs the 怒り／怒る and worthlessness that he 苦しむd as a result of what you did to him, which 衝撃d every 面 of his life.’

Referring to the boy he 乱用d at Tylney Hall the 裁判官 said: ‘His life was blighted and it ended far too soon.’

裁判官 Rowley told McCleester: ‘You enjoyed many years of a successful career and 生産力のある life. Your 犠牲者s were not so lucky. They both had vulnerabilities when you 乱用d them which followed them into adulthood.

‘Both had the innocence of childhood taken from them. The 犠牲者s had to live with the 影響s of the 乱用.

Finally the 裁判官 演説（する）／住所d the families of both 犠牲者s, who were in 法廷，裁判所 and on a ビデオ link.

She said: ‘You waited 根気よく for 司法（官） to be done for the horrendous 行為／法令／行動するs carried out by the 被告 on many occasions and over many years.

‘Nobody has been left untouched by the 損失 and 傷つける that the 被告 had 原因（となる）d.’

McCleester, who lives in the Grade I 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d Hospital of St Cross almshouse in Winchester, Hampshire, 認める eight counts of indecent 強襲，強姦 and two counts of 甚だしい／１２ダース わいせつ with a child.

探偵，刑事 Sergeant Hannah Stewart, from the Met’s Central Specialist 罪，犯罪, said: ‘This has been a long and arduous 調査 with McCleester 持続するing his innocence throughout.

‘We are pleased he has final ly 認める his 犯罪 just three days before we were 予定 to take him to 裁判，公判 to 現在の our 事例／患者.

‘The 初期の 犠牲者 生存者, having sadly passed away after giving police his 証拠, was unable to hear the 有罪の 判決 but his family 代表するd him at 法廷，裁判所 in his absence.

‘The second 犠牲者 生存者 was also sexually 乱用d and 偉業／利用するd by McCleester - a verger in his Cathedral.

‘The 衝撃 to both at such a young age has been 破滅的な. They have been 極端に 勇敢に立ち向かう and shown tremendous strength and courage.

‘The officers 伴う／関わるd in this 事例／患者 have worked relentlessly and shown incredible かかわり合い to 安全な・保証するing these 有罪の判決s. Both the 犠牲者s and their families feel they have been failed by 会・原則s that were supposed to 保護する them.

‘We hope they can feel an element of peace knowing that 司法（官） has been finally served.

Clive McCleester worked as a verger at St George's Chapel in Windsor 城, where he oversaw 訪問者s to the Queen Mother's tomb and helped organise 王室の funerals

‘McCleester is a vile predator who has no place in society.

‘We 勧める anyone who has been a 犠牲者 of McCleester to come 今後 to police. We will support you.’

A spokesperson for Southwark Cathedral said: ‘Clive McCleester, a former 上級の 従業員 of Southwark Cathedral has pleaded 有罪の today on 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s of 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限ing offences which took place in the 1980s.

‘Mr McCleester’s 罪，犯罪s are a grievous 違反 of 信用, which will have life-long 影響s.

‘We would like to 申し込む／申し出 a 十分な and unreserved 陳謝 to all those 影響する／感情d by this 事柄 and we commend the bravery of those who brought this to light, 認めるing how difficult and 苦しめるing this would have been.

‘We are profoundly sorry for the 乱用 （罪などを）犯すd by Mr McCleester and are committed to doing everything possible to 確実にする the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and adults, who look to us for 尊敬（する）・点 and care.

‘We have 協力するd fully with the police in the course of their 調査s. The safety and wellbeing of children and young people is our highest 優先 and we continually 監視する our practice and 過程s to 確実にする that 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限ing remains at the heart of everything we do.’