SCOTLAND
BBC News
November 29, 2019
A paedophile priest has had his clerical status removed by the Pope.
Paul Moore, who was a parish priest in Ayrshire, is serving an eight-year sentence for the sexual abuse of three young boys 40 years ago.
He was informed of the Pope’s decision by the Bishop of Galloway, William Nolan, who visited him in Dumfries Prison on Friday.
Moore, who is 83, will no longer be able to call himself “father” or offer spiritual care.
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