A former BBC presenter and pastor has been jailed for 10 years and four months after he confessed to his “dark secret” as a prolific sex abuser.
Benjamin Thomas, who worked on Wales Today and Welsh language children’s programme Ffeil, was sentenced at Mold Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to 40 sexual offences committed over a period of almost 30 years.
The 44-year-old, who was pastor of Criccieth Family Church in Gwynedd, North Wales, up until his arrest last year, assaulted boys and men while they were sleeping, often at Christian camps and conferences, the court heard.
Sentencing him, Judge Timothy Petts said: “For nearly 30 years, until your arrest in September 2019, you hid a dark secret, namely that you were a prolific sex abuser.”
He sentenced Thomas to 10 years and four months, with an extended licence period of six years.
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