Retired vicar admits role in ‘Eunuch Maker’ extreme body modification ring

A retired vicar has admitted taking part in an extreme body modification ring run by a man calling himself the Eunuch Maker.

Reverend Geoffrey Baulcomb, 79, pleaded guilty to GBH with intent after using a pair of scissors to carry out a surgical procedure on a man’s penis in January 2020.

He was captured in a nine-second video performing the makeshift op, which involved the enlarging the opening of a man’s urethra.

Baulcomb previously admitted to distributing an indecent photo of a child in March 2020 and three counts of making indecent images of children on or before December 2022.

He also pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing extreme pornographic images, amounting to 195 images.

The images are linked to the self-styled ‘Eunuch Maker’ Marius Gustavson, who mutilated paying customers and streamed it online.

Norwegian Gustavson, who had his own penis cut off, a nipple removed and his leg frozen so it had to be amputated, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.

His penis was found in a drawer in his home almost four years after it had been amputated.

Baulcomb was arrested in connection with the incident in December 2022.

He was ordained as a priest in 1970 and worked in Chichester, West Sussex, according to the Church of England website.

Judge Nigel Lickley KC granted Baulcomb conditional bail, ordering him not to attend any Church of England premises or functions and to have no contact with children under the age of 18.

Prosecutor Caroline Carberry said: ‘This defendant is not deemed a flight risk by the police in this case.

‘He has been on bail for a really long period of time now.’

The judge told the defendant the seriousness of the GBH offence meant he would receive ‘a custodial sentence of some length’.

Baulcomb will be sentenced at the same court on September 1.

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