Andrew Leatherbarrow thought he was sending sexualised messages to teenage girls, a court hears.
A former vicar who sent sexualised messages to two people he believed were under-age girls has been given a suspended jail sentence.
Leatherbarrow was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence and 30 days of rehabilitation, and was made to sign the Sex Offenders' register for 10 years. Leatherbarrow, who was suspended from his post as vicar at All Saints Church in Stoneycroft, Liverpool after the offences came to light last year, admitted two charges of attempted sexual communication with a child to obtain sexual gratification.
When cautioned, he said: "I’m not going to deny I've had those chats but I did not think it was a sexual act."
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