ENGLAND
GetWestLondon
October 4, 2017
By Emily Pennink and Katherine Clementine
Father Laurence faces 19 historical sex charges, including beating with a cane
A former Catholic priest in Ealing has gone on trial for allegedly sexually abusing a string of pupils at a boy’s school.
Andrew Soper, known as Father Laurence, faces 19 historical sex charges relating to 10 former pupils at St Benedict’s School.
The 74-year-old former abbot has denied the offences of indecent assault, indecency with a child, and buggery allegedly committed in the 1970s and 80s.
The boys, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were subjected to sexual touching and beaten with a cane, according to the charges.
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