The father of two insisted he was not addicted, but it would be "hard to stop". A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "A member of the chaplaincy at HMP Pentonville has been suspended following allegations of inappropriate behaviour." According to the Mirror, Mr Pearson took the drug at a housing association flat in Wood Green, north-west London.
He told the paper he had first tried it after chatting to a user in Soho. "It was a spur of the moment thing but very enjoyable. Part of it was trying to understand what was going on for the people who take it.
But I don't want to make excuses." The clergyman, who befriended the troubled rock singer Pete Doherty when the star spent 13 nights in Pentonville in January for drugs offences, now faces the sack and could lose his prison-owned home. But he said he was glad his secret had been exposed.
"This has been a wake-up call. It's a relief it's out in the open. I'm not going to let crack destroy me.
" The Rt Rev Stephen Oliver, the Bishop of Stepney, said: "We will take steps to ensure that he and his family receive support."
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