With malice and forethought he groomed her for sex the same way every sexual predator does with their victims.  16 is a child.  


I wonder what his reaction would be if it was his daughter who'd been seduced by a married, middle-aged, powerful politician who also happened to be a Church Minister.  Or better yet, just for full expression of his moral compass, what if what his son  !  

Mr. Meredith?