LIVERPOOL (ENGLAND)
BBC News
December 1, 2017
A Roman Catholic priest who admitted sexually abusing four boys over 40 years ago has been jailed.
Father John Murphy, 93, of St George’s Court, Maghull, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of indecently assaulting boys at swimming pools, on camping trips and at a church between 1962 and 1974.
He also admitted two counts of inciting boys to engage in sexual activity between 1963 and 1969.
He was sentenced to three years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court.
The court heard that Murphy had ministered to the relatives of the boys, who were aged between 11 and 16 at the time, and was treated with “reverence and respect” by one of his victims’ families.
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