UNITED KINGDOM
The Irish News

Jemma Crew, Press Association
10 August, 2016

A MAN who was sexually abused by a former Catholic priest when he was a teenager said he was left feeling powerless after his abuser was acquitted following two trials.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he “felt like a liar” when he initially went to give evidence against abuser Philip Temple – a member of a “trusted institution” – who was eventually jailed for abuse against 13 victims at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday.

He said his abuser was a “shoulder to lean on” when he was being bullied at school during the 1990s.

Temple, of no fixed abode, admitted 27 counts of non-recent sexual assault and two counts of perjury, and was sentenced to 12 years in jail extended for one year on licence.

Addressing the court on Wednesday, Temple’s…