UNITED KINGDOM
Newmarket Journal
Two men have been charged with historical child sexual offences against 26 boys at a children’s home in Bedfordshire, police said.
James McCann, 79, is charged with with 66 offences dating back to 1963 against children as young as five.
The 18 sexual offences and 48 physical offences are alleged to have taken place at St Francis’ Boys Home, in Shefford, between 1963 and 1974, Bedfordshire Police said.
The 25 alleged victims were aged between five and 16.
John Christopher Cahill, 73, is charged separately with six sexual offences against four four boys aged between 11 and 16.
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