UNITED KINGDOM
International Business Times

By Ewan Palmer

February 7, 2013

A Catholic priest is one of two men arrested in connection with allegations of child abuse at London guesthouse and children’s home in the 1980s.

Reverend Tony McSweeney, 66, from Norfolk, was arrested along with a 70-year-old man from east Sussex on suspicion of sexual offences.

The allegations are linked to claims senior politicians and other high-profile individuals sexually abused boys at the Elm Guest House in Barnes, south-west London.

The arrest of the 66-year-old priest was confirmed by his diocese. Father Mark Hackeson, of the Diocese of East Anglia, said: “The church diocese takes safeguarding of children very seriously and so we will be co-operating fully in any way with the police investigation.”