UNITED KINGDOM
BBC news
By Nic Rigby
BBC News
A priest at the centre of allegations of sexual and physical abuse at a Catholic orphanage was arrested in 2003, it has been revealed.
Former residents have alleged they were abused by Father John Ryan at St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, near Bedford, in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Fr Ryan was released without charge. He died in 2008.
The CPS said it was trying to find out whether evidence was presented to it.
Bedfordshire Police started a new investigation after a former resident alleged he was sexually abused by Fr Ryan.
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