Francis Paul Cullen: Former Derby priest to be sentenced today for child sex offences, Derby Telegraph (March 24, 2014)

Francis Paul Cullen: Former Derby priest to be sentenced today for child sex offences

Former Derby priest Francis Paul Cullen to be sentenced today for child sex offences

FORMER Derby priest Francis Paul Cullen is to be sentenced today for child sex offences.

The 85-year-old, who was parish priest at Christ the King, in Mackworth, from 1960 to 1978, pleaded guilty to 21 sexual abuse offences in February.

Four of his victims were altar boys during his time in Derby.

In 1991, Cullen was arrested and charged with separate offences in Nottingham but he jumped bail and went on the run for 20 years.

Derbyshire police and the Catholic Diocese in Nottingham tracked him down to Tenerife, where he was living. Spanish police then extradited him.

He will be sentenced at Derby Crown Court.