May 2016
‘Bishop of Medway’ child-rapist holed up in council flat beside primary school and playground
A NOTORIOUS child-rapist has been put in a flat next to a primary school.
Roger Gleaves also has a taxpayer-funded view of a nursery and an adventure playground.
The beast, who spent more than half a century preying on kids, has been housed in the upper floor flat after his latest jail term — 15 years for raping two boys aged 14.
Previously he targeted youngsters by posing as a social worker and a vicar — donning a dog collar and calling himself the “Bishop of Medway”.
Now 84 with a huge white beard, he dons glasses and a trilby in Tottenham, North London, when he ventures from his cosy flat in a block boasting a concierge.
He snarled as The Sun caught him leering at pupils of Brook House Primary: “Mind your own f****** business.”
He added: “If I was going to do anything it would have happened by now.”
The block he lives in is packed with families. A resident blasted Haringey council, saying: “What were they thinking? It is disgusting and sick.
“If and when families discover there is one of Britain’s worst ever paedophile’s living amongst them, there will be a riot.
“It’s just wrong. This is not the right place for him.”
His method of grooming and abusing children was simple. At night he trawled around Euston Station, Piccadilly Station and Victoria Coach Station in his Bishops regalia.
He found runaways who needed a bed for the night. He put them up in one of his 20 “children’s hostels” most of which were squats. He gave them false ID cards and claimed the Department of Health and Social Security money for each resident. Cooking facilities were almost non existent, as were toilets and food was in short supply.
He had a fetish for uniforms and spent much time sewing gold braid and social worker badges onto adapted RAF uniforms.
He had at least 27 bank accounts which other than abusing children were where his priorities lay.
He operated under various registered charity name and numbers, taking advantage of the false belief that the Charities Commission checks in some way and peoples perceptions that the organisation must be legitimate, safe or good. He even managed to get a couple of unsuspecting high profile patrons – an MP and a Lord.
The religious titles were from various branches of obscure church sects with names such as Old Catholic Church of Great Britain.
His further scams were a take from the thieving and prostitution arranged at or from his hostels. Also he arranged for children aged 14 to work as security guards and have the money paid to him.
He then took his pick of the poor, needy children to abuse at night. He was a relentless child abuser who has probably sexually abused thousands of children.
Roger Gleaves was notorious for his violent approach when people crossed him and he had an entourage of people who owed him favours who were willing to indulge in violence. Billy “Two Tone” was a friend of a Hackney hostel warden Jim Hyland who had argued with Gleaves and left for Brighton.
Two groups of men tortured Billy to find out the wardens whereabouts. The second crew knifed him 20 times and left him dead by the side of the road. They got life sentences but Gleaves only received 4 years for buggery, indecent assaults and assaults and he was out in 2 years.
He continued his charity registrations, false names, social security fraud, dodgy security work, church sects, debt retrieval companies and raping children all his life and yo-yoed in and out of jail.
He spent his time in prison gaining academic qualifications and various legal courses. He used this knowledge to launch an avalanche of over 50 private prosecutions, on all who had annoyed him including his barber for a bad hair cut, until he was labelled a vexatious litigant.
This meant he was limited in having to apply to the High Court if he wishes to bring an action.
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