Norfolk Priest Due in Court over Historic Sex Abuse Claims

The Itv
September 4, 2013

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A Roman Catholic priest from Norfolk is due to appear in court this morning over allegations of sex abuse more than 30 years ago.

Father Tony McSweeney, 66, of Old Brighton Road North, Pease Pottage, is charged with a number of sex offences.

They include indecent assault, taking indecent images of a child, and making indecent images of a child. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court today.

The offences involve seven alleged victims aged between nine and 15 during the 1970s and 1980s.

McSweeney was arrested in February as part of a Metropolitan Police operation.

The priest, who stood down from the Ministry earlier this year, is a former director of Notre Dame High School in Norwich.

A second man was also charged as part of Operation Fernbridge.