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Former Priest Pleads Guilty to Grievous Bodily Harm After Scissor Surgery

Sentencing is scheduled for September 1 with a custodial sentence expected

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Overview

  • Baulcomb performed an unauthorised urethral procedure on January 4, 2020, using scissors to enlarge the opening of a man’s penis, a moment later captured on video
  • At the Old Bailey on June 6, 2025, the 79-year-old admitted one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent
  • He also pleaded guilty to distributing an indecent photo of a child, making indecent images of children between March 2020 and December 2022, and possessing 195 extreme pornographic images
  • Judge Nigel Lickley granted him conditional bail that bars him from Church of England premises and prohibits contact with anyone under 18
  • Investigators say Baulcomb exchanged about 10,000 messages with Marius Gustavson’s ‘Eunuch Maker’ cult leader and the Church of England permanently barred him from any clerical role last September