Priest in Peter Tobin Trial Accused of Raping 13-year-old

By Jeremy Watson
The Times
June 16, 2018

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/priest-in-peter-tobin-trial-accused-of-raping-13-year-old-gdjjptsjk

Father Gerry Nugent said that he had had sex with a victim of Peter Tobin

Police are investigating an allegation of historical child sex abuse against a priest linked to a murder trial.

Officers confirmed that they had received a complaint against Father Gerry Nugent, who died in 2010. BBC Scotland reported allegations from a 51-year-old woman who claimed that she was raped by Nugent when she was a teenager.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “We can confirm we have received a complaint and enquiries are ongoing.” The matter is a live investigation, she confirmed.

Nugent was a witness in the trial of Peter Tobin, the serial killer who was convicted and jailed for life in 2007 for raping and murdering Angelika Kluk, 23. Ms Kluk’s body was found in September 2006 under the floorboards of St Patrick’s Roman…