UNITED KINGDOM
The Sentinel
CATHOLIC priest Father Alexander Bede Walsh told a jury he is “deeply ashamed” about his previous conviction for downloading indecent images of children from the internet in 2005.
The 58-year-old, who served as a priest in Cheadle for 14 years, is on trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court charged with 27 offences including indecency and indecent assault. He denies all the allegations.
Yesterday Walsh said he “knew it was wrong” when he accessed the material, but said he pleaded guilty to the offence.
And he said he felt “deeply shocked” by the recent accusations made by eight complainants.
Walsh, who now lives in church accommodation in Church Lane, Abbots Bromley, near Rugeley, said he could not remember some of them.
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