UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A Catholic priest who sexually abused a teenage student breached his position of trust in a “spectacular and horrific” way, a court has heard.
Father Michael Higginbottom, 74, is accused of abusing the boy while he was a teacher at St Joseph’s College in Upholland, Lancashire, in the 1970s.
It was a venue for “mental, physical and sexual abuse’, Liverpool Crown Court was told.
He denies four counts of a serious sexual offence and indecent assault.
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