UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A Roman Catholic priest in Wirral has been charged with having sex with a teenage boy.
Father Peter Hooper, 54, of St Luke The Physician Church, in Bebington, was remanded in custody after a hearing at Wirral Magistrates Court on 9 May.
He will next appear at Liverpool Crown Court.
Merseyside Police said it “can confirm that Peter James Hooper has been charged with three counts of sexual activity with a child”.
A spokeswoman for Shrewsbury Diocese also confirmed that one of its priests had been charged in connection with offences against a minor.
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