Judge Richard Twomlow told him: 'You were in a position of trust as a senior member of the church. Your victims felt inhibited about what they could say because of your position as an elder. You caused distress in the lives of your victims who had the feeling they were disbelieved. You have shown not a thread of remorse.'
Comment: That's why psychopaths and pedophiles seek out such positions.
The jury heard how, between 1987 and 1995, he raped one woman, 'shredding' her underwear in an attack which left her pregnant. She later miscarried. One of his victims was just 12 when he kissed her on the lips and started giving her massages. Another girl was forced to take off her top while he massaged her, while a third was made to rub up against him. The jury heard he stripped to his underwear during one incident and bribed his victim with alcohol before molesting her.
During a three-week trial at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court jurors heard how Sewell would kiss the girl using his tongue and would pull her on top of his body as he lay on the sofa of his £200,000 terraced house in Barry.
Comment:
Benefits and child credits squeeze pushes 200,000 children into poverty