ENGLAND
BBC
October 11, 2017
An alleged victim of a senior Roman Catholic priest has told a court he was haunted by “nightmares” of the sex abuse he suffered as a boy.
Laurence Soper, 74, the abbot of Ealing Abbey from 1991-2000, was headmaster and senior priest at St Benedict’s School in Ealing, west London.
He is on trial at the Old Bailey where he denies 19 charges of child sex abuse against 10 boys between 1970 and 1980.
The boys allege they were subjected to sexual touching and beaten with a cane.
The witness told the court he would get “flashbacks” and “nightmares” about Mr Soper.
“It’s a nightmare that is waking me up at the moment. I wake up absolutely soaking in sweat and the bed is wet,” he said.
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