Catholic priest ‘used status to abuse boys’

UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mirror

by Paul Byrne, Daily Mirror 24/01/2012

A priest exploited his “revered and trusted” status to sexually abuse young boys, a court was told yesterday.

Alexander Bede Walsh, 58, allegedly attacked eight victims from 1975 to 1994.

Prosecutors claim he gave one of them a strong ­alcoholic cocktail, saying it was the “blood of Christ”, before abusing him.

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