A priest has been charged with a string of sexual offences against young boys in Ealing.

Father David Pearce, 67, formerly of St Benedict's School, was charged in November with 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency with six boys aged under 16.

Pearce, of Ealing Abbey, Chadbury Grove, is due to appear before magistrates in Ealing this Friday, December 12.