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    Sept 2021

    Last Updated: 06/09/2021
    Crime
    Crime

    Former Harrogate vicar jailed for sexual abuse of three-year-old girl

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 06 Sept, 2021
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    Gordon Newton, who was team vicar at Harrogate's St Wilfrid's Church until 2016, was sentenced to nine years and seven months at Leeds Crown Court on Friday for sexually abusing a three-year-old girl.

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    Gordon Newton, 40, was sentenced to nine years and seven months in prison on Friday.

    A former Harrogate vicar has been jailed for sexually abusing a three-year-old girl.

    Gordon Newton, 40, of Cross Church Street, Huddersfield, was team vicar at St Wilfrid’s Church before he moved to be vicar at Staincliffe and Carlinghow, Batley, in 2016.

    According to an annual report published by the church, which is on Duchy Road, Newton joined as assistant curate in May 2012 before being licensed as team vicar in April 2013.

    He was also member of the management team at the Jennyfield Styan Community Centre and a chaplain with the Harrogate and District Sea Cadets.



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    Newton pleaded guilty to 12 charges at Leeds Crown Court on Friday (September 3).

    Six of the charges were for sexual assault on a child aged under 13, three were for engaging in sexual activity with a child aged under 13 and three were for making indecent photos of a child.

    He was jailed for nine years and seven months.

    The Stray Ferret contacted St Wilfrid’s Church for comment, but did not receive a response by time of publication.