UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
A former Catholic priest watched as a suspected paedophile groped young boys genitals and forced them to bend over as they washed themselves in a shower, a court has heard.
Father Tony McSweeney is accused of ogling the youngsters while alleged child molester John Stingemore touched the boys during “shower nights” at a care home in the 1980s.
Southwark Crown Court has been told that Stingemore, who died last month before he could be brought to justice, would abuse the boys while McSweeney watched.
One alleged victim told the court the abuse would be “almost all the time” when Father McSweeney stayed at the Grafton Close care home.
The 68-year-old faces eight counts of peadophilia and indecent assault charges against three boys in the 1970s and 1980s.
The alleged victim, now 49, stayed at the home for several months in 1980.
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