sherdley published Former church elder raped three young girls

A jury has found a former church elder raped and indecently assaulted three young girls.Samuel Nugent, 86, who is unfit to plead to the charges and has old age dementia, was not present during a hearing of the facts at Nottingham Crown Court.The jury had been asked by prosecutors to find "he did the acts", a formality where someone is unfit to enter a plea.The case went ahead after two psychiatrists declared he was unfit to plead or stand trial.This week jurors had heard how Nugent, a...