A former bishop has been jailed for sexually abusing a boy for five years while he was a priest.

Anthony Pierce, who was bishop of Swansea and Brecon between 1999 and 2008, pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault on a child under the age of 16.

The abuse happened from 1985 until 1990, while Pierce was a parish priest in West Cross, Swansea, but the Church in Wales said the allegations did not emerge until 2023 when the victim reported it to a safeguarding officer.

At Swansea Crown Court on Wednesday, Pierce was sentenced to four years and one month in prison.