St Francis Boys’ Home sex abuse inquiry: Second man arrested

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

By Nic Rigby
BBC News

A second man has been arrested in connection with an inquiry into alleged child abuse at a Catholic boys’ home in Bedfordshire.

The 72-year-old man from Bedford was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting four children at St Francis Boy’s Home, Shefford.

A man, 79, of Mundford, Norfolk, has been re-arrested on suspicion of six sexual and 14 physical assaults.

The two men have been released on police bail until April.

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