UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A former Roman Catholic priest accused of historical sex offences against five victims has appeared in court.
Laurence Soper, 72, appeared at Ealing Magistrates’ Court accused of assaulting boys, one under 14, over a period from 1971 to 1983.
The nine charges include offences of buggery, gross indecency and indecent assault, and all allegedly took place in Ealing, west London.
Mr Soper was returned to the UK from Kosovo after a five-year police hunt.
He was arrested in 2010 and bailed, but failed to return to a London police station in March 2011. A European Arrest Warrant was issued for him in 2012 and he was detained in Kosovo in May.
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