A former vicar of St Ninian’s Church has been jailed for historical sex offences against three young girls in the island.

Graham Gregory’s sexual abuse of young girls spanned nearly four decades.

Gregory’s offences were committed between 1975 and 1990 while he was the vicar at St Ninian’s Church in Douglas.

Jailing the 81-year-old for a total of four years and four months for three counts of indecent assault, Deemster Kainth described him as a ‘manipulative’ person who had ‘deliberately set out to get his sexual kicks from young children’.

See the full story in tomorrow’s Manx Independent