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A church minister, who sexually abused male inmates at a juvenile detention centre, where he worked as a prison officer, has been jailed for eight years.

Neville Husband, 65, was told he had committed a "gross breach of trust" as was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court.

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MP demands probe into abuse.

Dec 2 2006 By Adam Jupp, The Evening Chronicle.

A leading MP has called for a public inquiry into the sexual abuse suffered by inmates at a North East detention centre.

On Tuesday, a Chronicle probe revealed shocking evidence about the targeting of young offenders at Medomsley Detention Centre in the 1970's and 1980s.

The scandal of the `short, sharp, shock' centre, in Consett, County Durham, emerged when ex-kitchen officer Neville Husband was convicted of molesting a string of boys.

In a question to Parliament, Mr Byers wrote: "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish an independent and public inquiry into the abuse of inmates at the Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham between 1970 and 1990.”

James M Reed took his own life in the local woods as Husband was being questioned by the police in 2002. His second wife who was not married to him  when he was at Medomsley said:

“His first wife lives in Wales, a place

called Fishguard. “She still lives with a homosexual man.” Strange this woman used the word still.

Medomsley Detention Centre. 1979 to 1981

About five years after leaving Medomsley I was on a course at the Prison Training College at Wakefield, when I bumped into a Medomsley colleague John McGee.

John told me that -Neville had to leave the service over an allegation that he had abused a boy I was quite shocked to hear this as we had continued to exchange Christmas cards.

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David McClure

Prison officer Medomsley DC 1978

"Tim Newell thought very highly of Husband and seemed to look after him. For example, on a regular basis on rotation we would thoroughly search various areas within the centre. This was to look for cigarettes and alcohol. All main areas of the prison were searched except for the kitchen area. The prison management would not allow anyone but Husband to have access to the kitchen area. If anyone did try and search this area there were reprimanded by management.”

“As soon as I arrived I was told by two officers that Neville Husband was a domineering character and also that he allegedly sexually abused inmates.”

Tony Hayes.

Prison officer Medomsley Detention Centre. 1980 to 1987

Father-of-one Mr Young, who works for pressure group Justice4survivors, waived his normal right to anonymity after Husbands trial in February 2003.He added: "Being abused is something that you learn  

to deal with. It's something that you learn to cope with - but you can never turn back time. "As a survivor, I have never ever at any point in time felt any malice towards Mr Husband. People like him have to live with what they have done and I have to live with it in my own way. Kevin has worked tirelessly over the years to highlight these

Cases.