UNITED KINGDOM
This is Staffordshire
Former Roman Catholic priest Alexander Bede Walsh is set to go on trial today after denying sexually assaulting seven boys over a 20-year period.
The 57-year-old has previously entered not guilty pleas to all 25 charges put to him.
He denied 23 charges of indecently assaulting a male and two further charges of sexual assault.
It is alleged he indecently assaulted boys aged between seven and 16 on dates between July 1974 and December 1994.
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