UNITED KINGDOM
SWNS
A former Catholic priest who regularly rubbed himself against an altar boy while he was changing his robes has walked free from court.
Malcolm McLennan, 69, targeted the victim at his church – groping and putting his hands in the his pants between 1987 and 1989.
But when the victim raised the abuse with a dicoses bishop at the time, the high-ranking clergyman dismissed it by saying: “We’ll have no more of your silly talk.”
The victim later reported the attacks to police in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal and McLennan was arrested and charged.
He admitted one charge of indecent assault at Magistrate’s Court last month and was sent to Maidstone Crown Court for sentence.
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