Pervert priest caged for child abuse which ‘ruined victim’s childhood’ 50 years ago

SCOTLAND
Daily Record

June 7, 2018

By Stuart Macdonald

Father Michael Maher preyed on the girl at her home in 1968 when she was 12 and he was 25.

A priest who was exposed as a pervert when his victim confronted him 50 years after he molested her was yesterday jailed for six months.

Father Michael Maher preyed on the girl at her home in 1968 when she was 12 and he was 25.

The abuse continued for four years, including at his parish house in Coatbridge.

Maher was close friends with the girl’s parents and regularly called at their Lanarkshire home.

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