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| Deacon Alan Morris jailed for school sex abuse | Deacon Alan Morris jailed for school sex abuse |
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| A deacon convicted of sexually abusing 10 schoolboys at a Greater Manchester school has been jailed for nine years. | |
| The Rev Alan Morris, 64, was found guilty of 19 sex assaults between 1972 and 1991 when he taught at St Ambrose RC College in Hale Barns, Altrincham. | |
| When the offences took place the school was run by Roman Catholic religious order the Christian Brothers. | When the offences took place the school was run by Roman Catholic religious order the Christian Brothers. |
| Morris, of Rivington Road, Hale, had denied all charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. | Morris, of Rivington Road, Hale, had denied all charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. |
| 'Chastising young boys' | |
| Det Ch Insp Chris Bridge said: "For decades Morris displayed a veneer of total respectability; a science teacher in a well-respected and high performing school and latterly as a deacon of the church. Today he has been unmasked as a persistent and prolific sex offender." | |
| The detective added: "I have no doubt that he revelled in his fearsome reputation, taking it upon himself to seek out and punish pupils, using corporal punishment to cloak his real motive for chastising young boys." | |
| Morris was a deacon at Holy Angels Church in Hale Barns at the time of his arrest but was withdrawn from active ministry with the Diocese of Shrewsbury. |