A MARRIED churchgoer who had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl has had a sexual harm prevention order slapped on him after his phone was examined.

It was discovered that Wesley Souza Maciel had been hunting for indecent images of children on the internet in the run up to the abuse of the youngster last summer.

Now the 22-year-old dad will be made subject to the order for the next 10 years, which is the same period he must register as a sex offender.

A judge at Swindon Crown Court heard that Maciel, who needed a Portuguese interpreter, had been looking for the material in his own language.

When he was jailed last month there were questions as to the translation of some of the terms which suggested they could have innocent meanings.

But when the matter was brought back Chris Smyth, defending, accepted they may be interpreted in the way the police alleged.

"It is correct to say search terms that could say 'underage girls' were used. Mr Maciel doesn't believe that he specifically entered those search terms," he said.

"They came up amongst a list of other searches when he was looking at sex sites. Nevertheless he has obviously come close to these sites by what he was looking for."

Judge Jason Taylor QC said he felt it was necessary to make the order which will restrict his liberty when he is released.

Maciel, of Tennyson Street, was jailed for 14 months after the youngster who he met at church sneaked out of her home in the dead of night to meet him in his car.

He was on a break from his wife when he contacted the child on a WhatsApp group for young members of the congregation at the Abundante Vida church on Cheney Manor.

And on two consecutive nights the teenager climber out of the window to meet the 22-year-old in his car outside the house.

But after she told friends in Brazil about what had happened the news spread 'like wildfire' and her parents quickly found out.

Now Maciel, who admitted five counts of sexual activity with a child, he has been jailed and could face the prospect of deportation when his sentence is completed.

Jailing him the judge said " The message must go out that young teenage girls must be protected, sometimes even from themselves."