Stephen Hardwicke was jailed for five years. Photo: Met Police A former parish reverend and youth club leader has been jailed for historic sex offences against young boys. Stephen Hardwicke indecently assaulted three boys aged between 10 and 18 years old in the the mid 1970s and early 1980s. The 63-year-old was a leader at the Way In church youth group attached to Stanmore Baptist Church in Harrow at the time. Some of the abuse took place on overnight trips to Wales or Hertfordshire with the youth group. In one incident a victim was made to take part in sexual activity as part of a card game.
Ex-priest jailed for grooming and sexually abused three boys in 70s and 80s Rebecca Speare-Cole Stephen Hardwicke, 63, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Harrow Crown Court for five counts of indecent assault
A former priest who ran a church youth club has been jailed for grooming and sexually abusing three boys - one as young as 10-years-old.
Stephen Hardwicke, 63, from Uxbridge in London, was sentenced to five years in prison for five counts of indecent assault at Harrow Crown Court on Friday.
The ex-parish reverend targeted the three boys aged between 10 and 18 over five years during the mid-1970s and early 1980s.