Liverpool man breaks silence over Catholic school sex abuse

UNITED KINGDOM
Liverpool Echo

Oct 26, 2014

By Helen Davies

A former Catholic school pupil from Merseyside who says he was sexually abused by a priest has broken his silence after more than 20 years.

It follows a compensation payout to a group of 11 men who were past pupils at Mirfield junior seminary in Yorkshire.

We can today reveal Liverpool’s links to the shocking sexual abuse claims.

Both a priest at the centre of the scandal and a former student – one of those who made the allegations – come from Merseyside.

The group of 11 have now settled out of court with the Verona Fathers, the Catholic order which ran the college, for payments totalling £120,000.

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