Catholic Church in Britain was hiding a pedophile priest. Now he faces a wave of actions for damages to the victims
On the trail of scandal that could shake the 5-million Catholic community in Britain, came "The Observer". Weekly got evidence that the diocese of Leeds was hiding a dark past of one of his priests. Aware that the priest is a pedophile and molesting children, sent him to a church school for the deaf to them. St. John in Wetherby in West Yorkshire. Father Neil
Gallanaghowi entrusted with the ministry of the chaplain there. Set its sights on more vulnerable, because the deaf victims. He introduced something that today the 40-year-old pupils of the school called the "rule of sexual terror." Last year, the priest facing charges of sexual assault on a few boys.
true, however, the bomb may explode now. Journalists, "The Observer" because they got to the file in 1960. Gallangah father was then found to abuse children in the Isle of Man. In court, the priest admitted that he has problems with sexuality and everything ended up fine in the amount of 30 pounds and the solemn promise that he would go to heal.
Although she described the whole affair newspaper The Belfast Telegraph, the chief of the bishop is not rolled back the priest pedophile. What's more, after 10 years, sent him to school for the deaf, exposing children to persecution. Today, the authorities of the Diocese of Leeds explained that the hierarchs, who took the decision not live, and ecclesiastical records are incomplete.
advocate of victims and their families, announces that it will demand higher compensation from the diocese of Leeds. Much more painful than pay money, may be loss of confidence of the faithful. In Catholic Ireland, in most wave of similar cases, suppress the church pedophilia among priests has led to a weakening of his authority.
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