UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

By Nic Rigby
BBC News

An ex-resident of a Catholic orphanage in Bedfordshire has spoken for the first time about being sexually abused by a priest 60 years ago.

A group of former residents of the St Francis Boys Home in Shefford are taking legal action against the Church.

Most allegations are against Father John Ryan who died in 2008, but the latest claim relates to another, also deceased priest and dates back to 1952.

The ex-resident only felt able to tell his family about the abuse this year.