Norfolk priest due in court over historic sex abuse claims

UNITED KINGDOM
ITV

Last updated Wed 4 Sep 2013

A Roman Catholic priest from Norfolk is due to appear in court this morning over allegations of sex abuse more than 30 years ago.

Father Tony McSweeney, 66, of Old Brighton Road North, Pease Pottage, is charged with a number of sex offences.

They include indecent assault, taking indecent images of a child, and making indecent images of a child. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today.

The offences involve seven alleged victims aged between nine and 15 during the 1970s and 1980s.

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