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	Exclusive: Shamed Priest Roddy Macneil Disappears after New Scandal By Janice Burns Daily Record February 23, 2009 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/02/23/exclusive-shamed-priest-roddy-macneil-disappears-after-new-scandal-86908-21145627/ SHAMED priest Roddy MacNeil turned up to clear out his flat yesterday after the Record exposed his latest scandal. He arrived at his flat in Fairlie, Ayrshire, with a woman at his side before bundling suitcases into the back of his 4x4 Mitsubishi Shogun and departing. We revealed on Saturday that the randy 49-year-old, nicknamed Father Flash, had been booted off a counselling course for pestering female students at Strathclyde University. Now the women he preyed on have begged the Catholic Church to kick himout for good. MacNeil was suspended from the priesthood in 2006 when we revealed he fathered a child with his married first cousin and bedded another lover half his age. He got his nickname because of his love of fast cars and fancy clothes. Last night, a neighbour told the Record: "He turned up with another woman in tow and packed his bags. He looked in a real hurry to get away. "He left with a load of suitcases and bundled them in the back of his Shogun before speeding off. "This is the first time we've seen him in ages but he's obviously been spooked by the story in the Record and has decided it's time to move on." On Saturday, we told how he was banned from a counselling course at Strathclyde Uni for "inappropriate behaviour" towards fellow students. The women complained MacNeil made "advances" to them and one claimed he tried to get her to join him in a jacuzzi. A university insider said four students quit the course because the priest had left them "traumatised". After an investigation, university bosses sent him packing and refused him a diploma in counselling. MacNeil was almost at the end of his one-year course when the six women, all in their 20s or 30s, complained. The Church have spent the past two years trying to track down MacNeil. But he refuses to reply to any correspondence from the Vatican. A church source told the Record: "Complaints about his behaviour are to be welcomed. They may go some way to help the Church get rid of this thorn in their side. "Although he is banned from giving Mass and working in a parish, he still holds the title. "MacNeil is a loose cannon and he thrives on the power he still holds as a priest. Once he is just a normal civilian, he will be nothing and no one will be interested in him."
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