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Irish Mirror

Nov 14, 2014 By Neal Keeling

Canon Mortimer Stanley, who lives in Kerry, appeared before Bury Magistrates court in Manchester yesterday

A priest who lives in Ballybunion, Co Kerry has been charged with a string of sex offences dating back 30 years.

Canon Mortimer Stanley returned to Manchester from his home in Ireland to face the allegations at Bury Magistrates court yesterday.

The Crown Prosecution Service authorised Greater Manchester Police to charge Canon Stanley, 82, after numerous complaints by former pupils at a Rochdale school.

He is accused of 17 charges of indecent assault on a girl under 14 between 1977 and 1988.