UNITED KINGDOM
The Independent
Danielle Dwyer
Friday 09 March 2012
A paedophile priest was today branded “shameless” by a judge and jailed for 22 years for a campaign of sexual abuse of young boys.
Alexander Bede Walsh was convicted last month of 21 sexual offences, spanning a period of 18 years.
A 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard that the Catholic clergyman used his “revered” status to prey on his victims, abusing boys in Coventry, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. The abuse, described to the court as “serial and predatory”, took place between 1975 and 1993.
At the same court this afternoon, Judge Glenn told him: “Shameless accurately describes your attitude to these proceedings, you have shown no remorse at any time.
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