Priest Francis Cullen Now Facing Charges against Four More Alleged Victims

Derby Telegraph
December 20, 2013

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A PRIEST accused of sexually abusing three altar boys now faces charges against four more alleged victims.

Francis Paul Cullen, who was extradited from Spain on a European arrest warrant, appeared at Derby Crown Court today.

None of the charges have yet been put to him in court.

Prosecutor Sarah Knight said: "We are aware of four further complainants and there are likely to be further charges."

A date for a plea and case management hearing was fixed for January 31.

The alleged offences for which he has already been charged involve boys aged seven, eight and 12, are claimed to have happened over a 36-year-period, with the oldest one taking place 58 years ago and the most recent in 1991.

Father Cullen, now 85, came to Derby as the first priest of the newly-formed Catholic parish of Christ the King, Mackworth estate, and was then known as Father Paul Francis Cullen.