DUNDEE (SCOTLAND)
The Sunday Post
January 20, 2019
By Marion Scott & Janet Boyle
A Catholic churchman jailed last year for abusing boys as young as five has yet to be stripped of his priesthood.
Father Paul Moore was jailed for nine years last April after he was found guilty of abusing three young boys and indecently assaulting a trainee priest.
But the Bishop of Galloway has revealed that the process of laicisation – removing a priest from the church – has not been completed.
Bishop William Nolan said the process had been held up by Moore refusing to admit his guilt.
One of his victims said he felt “betrayed all over again” by the Church.
Moore was twice sent for “treatment” after confessing to his bishop he had a “desire to abuse minors.”
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