UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
By Nic Rigby
BBC News
A former resident of a Catholic orphanage at the centre of historic child abuse allegations has waived his right to anonymity to urge others to contact the police.
Tony Walsh, 65, was sent to St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, Bedfordshire, in the 1950s.
He says he was sexually abused by Father John Ryan at the home.
His allegations led to the priest’s arrest in 2003 but he was released without charge and died in 2008.
Mr Walsh, who was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk but now lives in Spain, is the third man to inform the BBC he was sexually and physically abused by Father Ryan.
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