UNITED KINGDOM
Manchester Evening News
Governors at a top Catholic school rocked by historic sex abuse claims have stepped down to shield themselves from legal action brought by almost 20 alleged victims.
Former headmaster John Byrne is among seven governors who have resigned from the board at St Bede’s College, the M.E.N. can reveal.
The Bishop of Salford, the Diocese of Salford and governors at the Whalley Range school all face being sued over accusations that former rector Monsignor Thomas Duggan sexually abused schoolboys at St Bede’s during the 1950s and 1960s.
The M.EN. has learnt that one alleged victim claims he was raped by the late Mgr Duggan as a 12-year-old. We can also reveal that accusations of serious sexual abuse have been made against two other priests at St Bede’s in the 1950s – Father Charles Mulholland and Father Vincent Hamilton – who have both also since died.
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