UNITED KINGDOM
Echo
BY LYNDA ROUGHLEY
21:55, 3 APR 2017
A Catholic priest has gone on trial accused of sexually abusing boys at a former seminary in Upholland.
Father Michael Higginbottom is accused of eight offences against a boy aged 13 and 14 almost 40 years ago.
The alleged offences, four of buggery and four of indecent assault, are said to have taken place at St Joseph’s College between September 1978 and March 20, 1979.
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