Abuse Claims Priest Accused of Sexually Abusing Irvine Youngster Offers to Take Lie Detector Test to Prove Innocence

By Wilma Riley
Scottish Sun
March 8, 2018

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/2335702/priest-sexual-assault-lie-detector/

A PRIEST accused of sexually abusing a boy of five offered to take a lie detector test, a court heard today.

Fr Francis Moore, 82, denied assaulting the child at a primary school when he was quizzed by police about the claims.

Glasgow High Court where the trial is taking place

The High Court in Glasgow heard he told cops probing two alleged incidents 40 years ago at St Mark’s primary in Irvine, Ayrshire: “It is absolutely untrue. I would take a lie detector test.

“It disgusts me that would happen to a child.”

After being shown a photo of the five-year-old during the 2015 interview at Saltcoats police station and asked if he recognised him, he replied: “Honest to God I don’t.”

Moore, of Largs, denies abusing three boys and a priest between 1977 and 1996.

The trial continues.