A Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to 27 counts of historical sexual assault against children in his care.
Philip Temple, 66, worked in various children's care homes around London in the 1970s before being ordained as a priest.
Temple, who had previously pleaded guilty to 20 non-recent sexual abuse and perjury charges at Croydon Crown Court in April, admitted seven further counts of non-recent sexual assault when he appeared for trial at Woolwich Crown Court.
Temple was employed by Wandsworth Borough Council, at Woking Close and Hertfield House between 1972 and 1974, before working for Lambeth Borough Council between 1974 and 1977 at Rowan House in Croydon.
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