UNITED KINGDOM
Wigan Today
A man who alleges he was sexually abused by a catholic priest nearly 40 years ago has denied that he invented the claims to get compensation.
“No compensation was on my mind – justice was on my mind,” he told a jury today. (Wed)
The alleged victim has claimed that while he was a pupil at St Joseph’s College, a seminary for prospective priests, in Upholland, Father Michael Higginbottom repeatedly seriously sexually assaulted him.
Fr Higginbottom, now aged 74, of West Farm Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court. He denies eight offences alleged to have taken place between September 1978 and March 20, 1979.
The alleged victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told police that for him it was the venue for ‘mental, physical and sexual abuse’, claimed David Temkin, prosecuting.
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