A Norfolk priest arrested in child sex abuse investigation

UNITED KINGDOM
Evening News 24

Exclusive by Tom Bristow Thursday, February 7, 2013

A Norfolk priest was one of two men arrested yesterday by detectives probing allegations of child sex abuse centring on a guesthouse and a children’s home.

The priest, Father Tony McSweeney, 66, from St George’s Church in Norwich, and another man aged 70 from East Sussex were arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of sexual offences.

The allegations, dating from the early 1980s, are linked to the former Elm Guest House and the now closed Grafton Close children’s home in Barnes, south west London.

Detectives are probing claims the guest house was used by people to abuse boys from the home.

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