UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
By Nic Rigby
BBC News
A second man who says he was sexually abused as a child by a priest at an orphanage in Bedfordshire has said he hopes legal action will bring justice for former residents.
The man, now in his 60s, attended St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, near Bedford, in the 1950s and 60s.
He says he was repeatedly abused by priest Father John Ryan.
Fr Ryan was arrested in 2003 following other allegations, but released without charge. He died in 2008.
‘Evil man’
The former resident of the home, who now lives in Woolwich, south London, spoke out about the abuse after a group of former victims pledged to take legal action against the Catholic church.
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