About The Crown


Based on an award-winning play ("The Audience") by showrunner Peter Morgan, this lavish, Netflix-original drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) from the 1940s to modern times. The series begins with an inside look at the early reign of the queen, who ascended the throne at age 25 after the death of her father, King George VI. As the decades pass, personal intrigues, romances, and political rivalries are revealed that played a big role in events that shaped the later years of the 20th century.

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Peter Turner: Former Ampleforth College monk in prison for child abuse

Nov 20,2023 8:51 am

A judge said Peter Turner had "brought the evil in this world"

A former monk in a Catholic Boarding School who sexually abused three boys under the age of 13 years imprisoned for More Than 20 years.

Peter Turner , 80, from Redcar, admitted 14 charges, including lewd, gross indecency and another serious sexual offence.

The offenses took place at the Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire , and a parish, in the County of Cumbria, between 1984 and 1990.

North Yorkshire Police, said Turner was "clearly a very depraved individual".

the conviction, said to him in New York Crown Court , judge Sean Morris: "they brought the evil in this world, if, by your calling, you should have brought hope, help, and assistance. "

The court heard the parents sent their children to be cared for Ampleforth by it was "men of God", but Turner is a "man of evil"

Turner, formerly known as father Gregory Carroll , was The First boy at Ampleforth.

after he stood, Then, The Church authorities about the sexual contact with a boy he was sent to a parish in Workington.

He went on to indecently assault a boy in the Cumbrian town and committed lewd and gross indecency against a third victim.

The court heard victim impact statements, in which The Men talked about the impact of Turner is the abuse for your life had.

'Disgusting breach of trust'

He was recalled and confined to The Monastery of Ampleforth on the problem of clerical Child Abuse was published in 2001.

Turner was previously in prison for four years, in 2005, after breaches of the 10 pupils at The School , between 1979 and 1987. The Sentence was later reduced to 12 months.

On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault, two cases of aggravated sexual assault And One count of gross indecency with a child.

Pauline McCullagh, of The Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Turner obliged, a really disgusting breach of trust, sexually abused boys needed, the innocent trust in him as a monk and Priest . "

North Yorkshire Police, said Turner was "clearly a very dark individual,"

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