The Sentinel
April 9, 2011
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A former Roman Catholic priest has been sent to Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court accused of sexually abusing a number of young boys.
Alexander Bede Walsh, aged 57, of Church Lane, Abbots Bromley, faces six charges under the Sexual Offences Act.
The allegations involve three boys under the age of 14 between 1974 and 1984 and are said to have been committed at Coventry and Coleshill, in Warwickshire,
He will appear at the crown court on April 15.
North Staffordshire Magistrates bailed the defendant.
Walsh has already been sent to the court accused of 19 sexual abuse offences involving young boys many of which are alleged to have been committed at Cheadle and Cotton.
Walsh served the parish of Cheadle as a priest for 14 years until 1999.
He was also a formerly a governor and chaplain at Painsley Catholic High School, Cheadle.
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