SCOTLAND
Daily Record
Oct 09, 2014 By Kenny Smith
FATHER Paul Morton’s congregation at St Bride’s RC Church in Cambuslang were asked to pray for the priest on Sunday – but were given no explanation about his absence.
A PRIEST has been suspended amid claims of sex abuse.
Father Paul Morton’s flock were mystified when he didn’t turn up for Mass. Police have now confirmed they are investigating allegations of historic abuse.
The congregation at St Bride’s RC Church in Cambuslang, near Glasgow, were asked to pray for
their parish priest on Sunday – but they were given no explanation about his absence.
Subsequent calls to the Scottish Catholic media office went unanswered.
But we can reveal Morton, 54, has been asked to step down.
Yesterday, a spokesman for the Diocese of Motherwell said: “As a result of an ongoing police inquiry, Father Paul Morton has been asked to take administrative leave from parish ministry for an unspecified period of time.
“Fr Morton has agreed to this and will not be living in the parish house or undertaking any public ministry.”
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