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Crystal meth addict vicar caught with child porn

Daily Mail Reporter

A CRYSTAL meth-smoking vicar who talked about sacrificing babies to Satan has been jailed for having 20,000 indecent images of children.

David Renshaw, 63, was found with the stash of illegal pictures and videos on his computer at home, where he also kept dead and starving animals.

Renshaw first came to the attention of police in June 2019 when an indecent image was found on a paedophile file-sharing website in New Zealand that was linked back to him.

The account was attributed to Renshaw’s email and IP address, so it was flagged to the National Crime Agency who passed the information to Sussex Police.

Officers seized a string of devices at his Worthing home in August 2020 and 22,504 illegal images were uncovered. The RSPCA also found dogs, cats and chickens in a severely malnourished state.

There was also a dead kitten and rat on the floor, along with used needles and other drug equipment.

In chat logs, Renshaw referenced ‘sacrificing babies to the devil’ and asked another user to sacrifice his son to Satan.

At the time he was vicar of Holy Trinity and Christ Church in Worthing. He denied all the charges, but a jury found him guilty of eight counts at a trial in February.

He was also convicted of having extreme pornography showing sexual intercourse with animals. At Hove Crown Court last week, Renshaw was jailed for four years and ordered to pay £4,200 in fines.

Saying he posed a high risk to children, the judge imposed a sexual harm prevention order and ordered the destruction of all the indecent images and videos.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: ‘Renshaw remains a high risk to children and demonstrated a profound breach of trust to parishioners and the wider church community.’

Detective Sergeant David Rose, investigating officer for the force, said after the sentencing hearing that the officer who examined the extreme material would be scarred by the harrowing content.

He added: ‘Throughout the investigation, Renshaw failed to accept or take any responsibility for his actions. Through painstaking and careful enquiries, we were able to show the child abuse images were on his computer, saved under his username and found on a hard drive.

‘The search of his address was one of the most revolting tasks our officers will ever have to endure.’

‘Dead kitten and rat on the floor’

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