UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
Wife sobs as priest is jailed for sex attack: Secret bride to stand by disgraced Catholic cleric
By Chris Brooke
The secret wife of a Roman Catholic priest made it clear she is standing by him yesterday as he was jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage girl parishioner.
William Finnegan, 60, and 48-year-old Beverley Dawson held hands and kissed outside court as he arrived for sentence.
And the divorced mother of two sobbed as her husband was given six months.
During his trial at Bradford Crown Court, Finnegan revealed he had duped his parishioners and the church authorities by marrying Mrs Dawson abroad, and secretly living with her for part of the week.
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