UNITED KINGDOM
Yorkshire Post
By Rob Waugh
Published on Tuesday 14 February 2012
THE Roman Catholic church is to launch an inquiry into how it dealt with allegations surrounding a priest who was ordained despite being previously sacked for sexually abusing boys at a Yorkshire children’s home.
Last year the Yorkshire Post revealed how Father Joseph O’Brien was able to become a priest despite his dismissal from the St William’s home in Market Weighton and claims that further allegations surfaced after he joined the clergy.
He died in 2010 without Humberside Police or the regional Catholic diocese investigating his activities, despite both being made aware of his history.
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