A former Anglican pastor who asked a 14-year-old churchgoer to send him a picture after getting out of the shower is labelled no man of God.
A former Anglican pastor who asked a 14-year-old churchgoer to send him a picture after she got out of the shower has been labelled"no man of God" by the judge who sentenced him.Champness allegedly obtained his victim's mobile number before asking for pictures of herBrian Gibson Champness, 42, met his victim's family through church, the ACT Supreme Court heard.He then began to message her, inviting her to kick around a football and go to the movies with him.
The charge was later downgraded and he pleaded guilty in the ACT Supreme Court to one count of using a carriage service to transmit indecent communication to a person under 16. Victim impact statements tendered to the court said the family had lost trust and become suspicious of others.But he had expressed remorse and felt he had let the victim, the church, and his congregation down, it heard.Justice Loukas-Karlsson told Champness he had committed an"appalling breach of trust"."A supposed man of God. No man of God does that.
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