teenage boy raped in a church graveyard at Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Police confirms the report of the rape of a 17-year old boy. The event which was described as a “horrific ordeal” happened at a church graveyard in Eccles, Greater Manchester.

The teenager, whose name was withheld, was walking through the town center at about midnight when a stranger started talking to him. While they were walking through the graveyard, on Church Road, the victim was punched in the stomach by the culprit, before being raped.

A man and a woman took the boy to hospital after the incident, and the victim is now being supported by specially trained officers. A police cordon was put in place at the scene while forensic officers investigated the area.

A 30-year-old man was arrested as a suspect in the rape case on the same day of the incident. He has since been released under investigation pending further inquiries.

Greater Manchester Police are now searching for the man and woman who took the teenager to hospital. They were driving a silver car and dropped the boy off at 1.40 AM, Metro UK reports.

Detective Constable Stephen Hough, of GMP’s Salford district, said: “Specialist officers are continuing to support the teenager and his family as he recovers from this horrific ordeal and we’re continuing to work hard to ensure the person responsible is held to account.

“Whilst we have arrested a man as part of our enquiries, our investigation remains ongoing and we know that a man and woman driving a silver car dropped the teenager off at hospital at around 1.40am.

“‘I want to stress that they aren’t in any trouble but we really need to speak to them as part of our enquiries so I would appeal directly to them to get in touch with us as soon as possible.”