Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Bradford, Huddersfield and Settle, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · 2026

United Kingdom: priest already serving 18 years jailed a further 8.5 years for more parish sex offences against boys

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic priest, St William's RC Church (Bradford), Our Lady of Lourdes (Huddersfield), St Mary's and St Michael's (Settle)

Organization

St William's RC Church, Bradford, Our Lady of Lourdes, Huddersfield, St Mary's and St Michael's, Settle

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David Leslie Crowley was a Catholic priest at three successive Yorkshire parishes between 1979 and 1993, using his position to abuse boys at each posting; the diocese moved him between parishes rather than removing him from ministry.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2026-06-19 · guilty plea and sentence

Leeds Crown Court, England. Pleaded guilty to a further 15 offences against boys; sentenced to an additional 8.5 years, extended by 2 years, consecutive to an existing 18-year sentence for 13 similar offences committed 1979-1985.

Documented coercion mechanisms

parish-priest access to boys across three successive Yorkshire parishes
decades-long pattern spanning 1979-1993 across multiple postings

Cited record

Sources

regional newspaper court reporting criminal disposition YorkshireLive, 'Sick and evil Huddersfield priest jailed for even longer for sexually abusing kids' (Jun. 2026).: Court report confirming the Leeds Crown Court guilty plea, additional 8.5-year sentence, and the three parishes involved.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/sick-evil-huddersfield-priest-jailed-27162747 Corpus classification: regional-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: criminal-disposition. SHA-256 dbe96fa49d7bf2d2646df1c1040989d536851b26041b9b246376a5f879f3038e
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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