In 2015, a Woking Paedophile preacher, Allan Cundick, convicted of indecently molesting two girls aged nine to sixteen was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
Allan Cundick, 78, of Woking, perpetrated assaults against the females from 1970 to 1992.
Lina Barnes, one of his victims from Corby in Northamptonshire, stated that she was encouraged by his church not to disclose the abuse.
The preacher of the Gospel Hall Brethren was convicted after a trial at Guildford Crown Court.
Ms. Barnes, having relinquished her right to confidentiality, was between the ages of 10 and 13 at the period of the abuse.
Upon reporting the incident to the church in 2001, she claimed she was labelled a liar.
She stated that she had remained silent for years until 2011, when evangelist preacher Ian Jackson disclosed to her the existence of another victim.
At that juncture, she expressed a desire to contact the police; however, she stated that Mr. Jackson attempted to dissuade her.
Ian Jackson, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, subsequently informed the BBC that he had merely sought to assist Ms. Barnes and acted with good intentions.
Ms Barnes said it ultimately led her to go to the police.
During sentencing, Judge Peter Moss told Cundick: “You were a highly respected member of a close-knit church community.”
Det Ch Insp Bex Smith, of Surrey Police, said: “Cundick is a predatory sexual offender who used his position as a beacon of respectability and responsibility to abuse his victims and today’s sentencing outcome demonstrates the severity of his offences.”
Allan Cundick, of Merrivale Gardens, admitted two separate charges of indecently assaulting two women, between 1994 and 2004.
He was found not guilty of three other counts of indecent assault.
November 2014
Woking preacher Allan Cundick guilty of sex assaults
A Woking preacher has been found guilty at Guildford Crown Court of six sexual offences against two girls aged between nine and 16.
Allan Cundick, of Merrivale Gardens, Goldsworth Park, Woking, was convicted of six counts of indecent assault from between 1970 and 1992.
The 78-year-old also admitted two counts of indecent assault on two women from between 1994 and 2004.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 15 January.
Allan Cundick was found not guilty of three other counts of indecent assault.
Det Ch Insp Bex Smith, of the Surrey Police Public Protection Investigation Unit, said it had been “a difficult case for all concerned”.
“The victims are to be commended for their tenacity and bravery in helping bring Allan Cundick to justice,” she said.
July 2012
Sex abuse victim ‘let down by evangelist’
A LEADING evangelist from Eastbourne has been criticised for urging a victim of sex abuse within the church not to go to police.
Ian Jackson told victim L she should not report the man who abused her as a young girl and he would not support her if she involved the police and in court proceedings.
L, who has waived her right to anonymity, said she had sought spiritual help from Ian Jackson for the historic sexual abuse at the hands of former preacher and author Allan Cundick but has been let down by both him and the church.
In a series of emails to L, Mr Ian Jackson said, “I am not prepared to give you any support in relation to the involvement of the police and court proceedings.
“ I think it is a wrong decision that you have made.
“Prosecution hardly ever stops anyone repeat offending.
“I feel there is a better way for this to be dealt with.”
L did eventually go to the police about Allan Cundick from the Woking area of Surrey who abused her between the age of 10 and 13 and he was arrested in June 2011, given a police caution and placed on the sex offenders register for two years.
But L is still angry that Mr Ian Jackson refused to support her.
“I believe that Ian Jackson’s intentions from the very start were not to help me but to keep it all covered up so no one found out and to prevent police involvement,” she said.
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