GLASGOW (SCOTLAND)
Irvine Times
March 14, 2018
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 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.
“The damage such conduct does to young people is immeasurable.”
First offender Moore will be sentenced next month.
He showed no emotion as he was remanded in custody and led away to the cells.
The court heard that the allegations against Father Moore were first raised in 1996, but it was not until 2015 that a major police investigation was launched after former top cop and Labour MSP Graeme Pearson raised the matter in the Scottish Parliament.
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