UNITED KINGDOM
Sunday Mercury
Chelmsley Wood sex abuse victim set to sue Catholic Church after ex priest Alexander Bede Walsh is jailed
Mar 11 2012 by Adam Aspinall, Sunday Mercury
A SEX abuse victim is set to sue the Catholic Church after a former priest who attacked him was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his sickening crimes.
Michael Clifford, of Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, was just 11 years old when he was assaulted by Alexander Bede Walsh at Father Hudson’s Home in Coleshill.
The pervert, aged 58, was found guilty of sexually abusing eight boys aged eight to16 between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s.
Last night Mr Clifford, now aged 44, further revealed that he was prompted to report the abuse he suffered at the hands of Bede Walsh following an investigation into Father Hudson’s Home by the Sunday Mercury.
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