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EX-BBC REPORTER, PASTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
July 18, 2020
Susan Edelman
NY POST
A former BBC reporter in Wales confessed to numerous sexual offenses against children and adults spanning 30 years while working as a church pastor.
Benjamin David Thomas, 44, pleaded guilty on Friday to 10 counts of sexual activity with a child, eight sexual assaults and four attempts to commit sexual assault.
Thomas, who was charged last month, also admitted to seven counts of voyeurism and two counts of making indecent videos of children from 1990 to last year.
“It is an awful breach of the trust placed in him