GLASGOW (SCOTLAND)
The Daily Record
March 15, 2018
By Irvine Herald
Father Paul Moore now faces a lengthy prison term, writes Wilma Riley.
A disgraced retired priest has been convicted of the appalling historic sexual abuse of three young boys and a trainee priest.
Eighty-two-year-old Father Francis Moore was told by judge Rita Rae that he had abused his position as a parish priest.
Moore who was also known as Father Paul, was found guilty on Wednesday after trial at the High Court in Glasgow. Some of the jurors were openly weeping as they delivered their verdicts.
Judge Lady Rae told the priest: “Mr Moore you have abused your position as a priest in the most horrible manner. You have been convicted of , particularly in relation to the young children, appalling abuse.
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