In 2014, Michael Feben, the Newport Paedophile, aged 75, was admitted to six charges of indecent assault. Now he is DEAD.
A former Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting two boys in Windsor during the 1960s.
Michael Feben, a former priest at St Edward’s Roman Catholic Church on Alma Road, was jailed at Reading Crown Court on Thursday, December 4, after admitting to six counts of indecent assault.
The assaults occurred when the victims were aged 11 to 15, and Michael Feben, now 75, was in his thirties.
Michael Feben, residing on Medina Avenue, Newport, Isle of Wight, also admitted to the indecent assault of a third boy, aged 10, while serving as a priest at Annunciation Church in Charminster, Bournemouth, during the 1970s.
The claims emerged after one of Michael Feben’s victims reported to the police in 1993 and corresponded with the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth, Reverend Crispian Hollis, although no action was initiated.
Feben was apprehended last year and refuted the allegations during the interview, but was indicted in March.
Speaking at the sentencing, Judge Stephen John said:
“Each of these men (the victims) has lived for the rest of their childhood and much of their adult lives with the knowledge of what you did to them.
“Everyone knows that such offences have long-lasting effects on the lives of those too young to understand or complain at the time when they were abused.
“The fact that you were a priest is a significantly aggravating factor.
“For a long time, complaints against priests were routinely dismissed or not investigated, and many felt there was no point in complaining.
Happily, those days are gone, as this prosecution demonstrates.”
Michael Feben received a total of six years’ imprisonment for six counts of indecent assault. A further two counts of indecent assault, which Michael Feben denied, will be left on file.
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