UNITED KINGDOM
EDP 24
David Bale
Thursday, September 11, 2014
A former Norfolk catholic priest accused of sexually abusing boys more than 30 years ago appeared in court yesterday charged with similar offences.
Father Tony McSweeney, 67, and former children’s home manager, wheelchair-bound John Stingemore, 72, allegedly molested the youths at Grafton Close Children’s Home in Hounslow, west London.
McSweeney – who officiated at the 1990 wedding of boxing legend Frank Bruno and his ex-wife, Laura – was a trainee priest at the time of the alleged attacks.
The once part-time chaplain at Norwich City FC was leading the congregation at St George’s Church in north Norwich when the claims against him emerged.
Both pensioners are accused of targeting children while Stingemore was in charge of the council-run home between February 1980 and July 1981.
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