Le Tocq’s resignation goes to the States after admitting indecent child image charges
Jonathan Le Tocq’s resignation as a deputy is on the States agenda for next week.
On 4 December he admitted 15 counts relating to the making, sending, or possessing a minimum of more than 2,400 indecent images of children.
His resignation letter, dated the same day, was sent to the presiding officer of the States, and the formal process of accepting it through a vote in the Assembly will take place on Wednesday 17 December.
That will then set the ball rolling on a by-election to fill the empty seat, something that could happen late Spring.
Le Tocq had held several senior positions in the States including Chief Minister, Home Affairs Minister and on Education.
First elected to the States in 2000, he finished ninth in the 2025 General Election, receiving 8,002 votes.
The earliest of the offences he was charged with date back to 2016.
Sentencing will take place on 26 January. No application was made for bail.
He has been in custody since being charged in August.
On Thursday after Le Tocq’s guilty plea, Policy & Resources President Lindsay de Sausmarez issued a statement.
"Jonathan Le Tocq's guilty plea has deepened my heartbreak and empathy for his victims: my thoughts remain very much with them and all others affected by his actions, including his family, church community, colleagues and constituents, many of whom will be understandably angry, and some of whose lives will have been turned upside down.
"Details that have emerged of these heinous crimes have shocked me and many others to the core.
"What compounds that shock is the profound betrayal of the trust that so many had placed in him - not least through his position as an elected representative of the people of Guernsey.
"It's that betrayal of people's trust that I have struggled most with, personally. It's destabilising and corrosive, because it can undermine our confidence in what we understand to be true more generally.
"What gives me hope, though, is that we are a strong and close community: we shouldn't underestimate the impact that these crimes will have had on many islanders, but I'm confident people will support those affected with sensitivity."
Le Tocq became Senior Pastor of Church on the Rock in 1989, but left that post when he was charged.
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