UNITED KINGDOM
Derby Telegraph
FRANCIS Paul Cullen came to Derby as the first priest of the newly-formed Catholic parish of Christ the King, Mackworth estate
He was originally ordained in May 1953 and was an assistant priest in Leicester before moving into the same role at the Church of Christ the King in Alfreton.
Cullen arrived in Mackworth in 1960 and conducted services at Kingsway Drill Hall before the church was built in Prince Charles Avenue.
In May 1978, he celebrated his silver jubilee as a priest and the then Bishop of Nottingham, the Rt Rev James McGuinness, held Mass at the Mackworth church to commemorate the occasion.
Later the same year, Cullen was transferred to St Anne’s, Buxton, where he remained until 1987. He then moved to work in Radford, Nottingham.
The cases with which he was charged involved:
1955 to 1963: Victim one, a boy aged eight to 13 – Mackworth
1963 to 1964: Victim two, boy aged 11 – Mackworth
1963 to 1970: Victim three, a boy aged eight to 14 – Mackworth
1967 to 1974: Victim four, a boy aged six to 12 – Mackworth
1980 to 1985: Victim five, a girl aged six to 11 – Buxton
1983: Victim six, a girl aged 13 – Buxton
1989 to 1991: Victim seven, a boy aged 10 to 12 – Nottingham
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