UNITED KINGDOM
The Sentinel
THE father of a man who claimed he was abused by a priest as a boy has told a court he saw no reason to worry about his son’s well-being.
Alexander Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in Cheadle for 14 years, is currently on trial accused of abusing eight boys over a 20-year period.
One alleged victim, giving evidence at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court, claimed Walsh befriended him and indecently assaulted him in a number of ways on several occasions.
He told the jury that Walsh, of Church Lane, Abbots Bromley, near Rugeley, plied him with alcohol.
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