SCOTLAND
BBC News
A Roman Catholic priest has been suspended from his North Lanarkshire parish amid a police investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse.
The Diocese of Motherwell said Father Richard Rodgers, 79, would be absent from St Mary’s Parish Church in Cleland for “an unspecified period of time”.
It said the action had been taken after a complaint was received and passed to Police Scotland.
A spokesman for the force said the matter was being investigated.
A spokesman for the Diocese of Motherwell said: “Following a complaint received by the Diocese of Motherwell and passed to Police Scotland, Father Richard Rodgers, parish priest of St Mary’s, Cleland, will not be in active parish ministry for an unspecified period of time.
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