GLASGOW (SCOTLAND)
STV
March 14, 2018
A retired priest has been convicted of the historical sexual abuse of three young boys and a trainee priest.
Father Francis Moore, 82, was told by a judge he had abused his position as a parish priest and caused “immeasurable damage” to his victims.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that the allegations against Father Moore, also known as Father Paul, were first raised in 1996, but it was not until 2015 that a major police investigation was launched.
The court heard that the priest groomed some of his victims by taking them swimming or out for meals before sexually abusing them.
His youngest victim was just five when the priest abused him in his primary school.
The man, now aged 46, told the court he was abused by Father Moore on four or five occasions over a six-month period.
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