UNITED KINGDOM
Telegraph & Argus
By Claire Armstrong, T&A Reporter.
A teenage girl has denied “coming on to” a Roman Catholic priest who is accused of sexually assaulting her. William Finnegan, 59, is standing trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of taking hold of the girl and forcefully kissing her when she was 17.
Finnegan, now of Acacia Close, Castleford, denies the charge.
The alleged assault happened on Easter Sunday last year, while Finnegan was parish priest at St Clare’s RC Church in Fagley, Bradford.
The teenager, now 18 and who cannot be identified, appeared in the witness box yesterday. Her evidence was given through a video interview with police, and she was then asked further questions by barristers in court.
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