UNITED KINGDOM
Manchester Evening News
A Catholic priest has been quizzed by police over allegations he sexually abused a girl from the age of eleven.
Father Tim Hopkins, 44, was interviewed under caution by detectives investigating allegations a girl was molested on three occasions between 2004 and 2007. It is understood he was not arrested.
He has been suspended from his church duties by the Salford diocese as a ‘neutral act’ while the police probe continues.
His parishioners in Denton were informed Fr Hopkins had been temporarily relieved of his duties just before Sunday services at St John Fisher and St Mary’s churches.
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