UNITED KINGDOM
Derby Telegraph
A FORMER Derby priest has now been charged with 27 offences of sexual assault against children.
Francis Paul Cullen appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court on Saturday and was charged with 16 counts of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 16.
The 85-year-old was also charged with 10 counts of gross indecency involving a boy under the age of 14 and one further sexual offence.
Cullen, who spent 18 years working at Christ the King Catholic Church, Mackworth estate, was extradited from Tenerife, where he had been living.
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