UNITED KINGDOM
Sky News
Lisa Dowd, Midlands correspondent
A Catholic paedophile priest who used his “revered” status to wage a campaign of abuse against vulnerable young boys has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Alexander Bede Walsh was convicted last month of 21 sexual offences, spanning a period of 18 years.
The offences took place between 1975 and 1993, during periods Walsh worked at an orphanage in Coleshill, Warwickshire, at a Catholic boarding school in Staffordshire, and at All Souls Church in Coventry.
Six of the victims had attended All Souls School in the city which was linked to the church.
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