UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
Catholic priest and former children’s home boss appear in court accused of abusing young boys in their care in the 1980s
By STEPH COCKROFT FOR MAILONLINE
A Catholic priest and a former children’s home boss have appeared in court accused of indecently assaulting young boys.
Father Anthony McSweeney, 67, and John Stingemore, 72, are charged with abusing young boys in their care during the 1980s.
Both men are accused of together indecently assaulting a boy under 16 between November 1980 and July 1981 at Grafton Close children’s home in Hounslow, west London.
The home is at the centre of Operation Fernbridge, a Met probe launched last February looking into claims of a paedophile ring operating out of the Elm Guest House in Barnes, South West London.
As part of the probe investigators are looking into claims that children were taken from the home to the Elm Guest House to be sexually abused.
Detectives are examining allegations that several high profile figures including the late MP Cyril Smith, abused children from Grafton Close at the guest house.
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