UNITED KINGDOM
Bristol Post
BY LEWIS PENNOCK
10 APR 2017
A Catholic priest found guilty by his peers of sexually abusing a boy was transferred to a Bristol retreat near a primary school.
The unnamed priest, known as ‘Father S’ and formerly a member of the traditionalist Catholic splinter group the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), was accused of abusing a boy in 2006 while based in France.
The priest, who was found guilty of abuse at an internal SSPX trial, was transferred by the society to its Bristol ‘retreat house’, St Saviour’s House in Knowle , and made to undertake several years of therapy and counselling.
He reportedly spent six years at St Saviour’s House, in St Agnes Avenue, which is just a few hundred metres away from Knowle Park Primary School, before moving to London in 2012.
Details of the abuse allegations are reported in a Swedish documentary about an alleged mishandling of several sexual abuse charges by SSPX. It is claimed the international society knew of several abuse cases involving priests but failed to enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ policy.
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