SCOTLAND
Daily Record

By Sally Hind

DONALD MacNeil walked free from court last year after lawyers said he was too sick to stand trial on sex abuse allegations dating back 40 years – but alleged victims had hoped proceedings might be re-raised.

THE dad of a sex-shame priest has died before facing trial over the alleged abuse of 13 girls.

Cancer-hit Donald MacNeil, 82, walked free from court last year after lawyers said he was too sick to stand trial on allegations dating back 40 years.

Proceedings could have been re-raised against the alleged child rapist at any time but he died in hospital on Wednesday.

Yesterday, a woman who says she was abused by MacNeil from the age of nine said she was devastated she and other women will “never get justice”.

Another of MacNeil’s alleged victims is understood to have confronted the OAP on his deathbed hours…