United Kingdom: Fr James Robinson convicted on 21 counts after extradition from California
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Convicted
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Catholic parish priest
Organization
Archdiocese of Birmingham
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Parish boys under a priest's pastoral and confessional authority — the case IICSA later treated as emblematic of the archdiocese's failures.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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Proceedings
2010-01-01 · conviction and sentence after extradition
Birmingham Crown Court, England. Fr James Robinson was convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of 21 counts of sexual abuse of boys across West Midlands parishes between 1959 and 1983, having been extradited from California where he had lived for decades. He was jailed for 21 years and laicised.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral and confessional authority over parish boys, 1959–1983
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Sources
- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Priest James Robinson jailed for 21 years', CoventryLive (2010).
Reports the conviction, extradition and sentence.
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- https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/priest-james-robinson-jailed-21-3070038 Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report.
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