Retired Eastbourne Priest’s Shocking Confession Lands Him Behind Bars
A 79-year-old retired Church of England priest from Eastbourne has been sentenced to three years in prison after admitting to carrying out an extreme body modification on a man while filming the act. Geoffrey Baulcomb, once vicar of St Mary the Virgin Church, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent after using scissors in a January 2020 procedure described in court as “planned and deliberate.” The Old Bailey heard the chilling details, which linked Baulcomb to a network of men who glorified extreme castration rituals.
Police connected Baulcomb to Norwegian national Marius Gustavson, infamously known as the “Eunuch Maker,” who was jailed for life in 2023 following Operation Viktor—a wide-ranging investigation into the underground mutilation community. When officers raided Baulcomb’s Eastbourne home in 2022, they discovered surgical instruments, medical supplies, and electronic devices containing disturbing material. Alongside the body modification charge, Baulcomb admitted to seven additional offences involving indecent images of children and extreme pornography, compounding the shocking betrayal of his priestly vows.
Baulcomb, ordained in 1970 and still holding Permission to Officiate until 2022, had once been respected for his decades of ministry and community work. But Judge Mark Lucraft KC dismissed those arguments in mitigation, declaring the offence a “category A case” with serious, lasting harm. As Baulcomb stood motionless at sentencing, parishioners and the wider public were left reeling at how a trusted clergyman, once tasked with shepherding souls, could descend into such dark and disturbing acts. The scandal has further rattled the Diocese of Chichester, which revoked his church licence upon learning of the investigation.
