Beast priest who abused 12-year-old girl in Lanarkshire now living in isolated cottage after being forced to move home three times

GLASGOW (SCOTLAND)
Scottish Sun

May 22, 2018

By David Meikle

A beast priest who abused a 12-year-old girl in Lanarkshire while her mum was moments away is living in isolation after being forced to move three times.

Father Michael Maher, 74, resigned as parish priest at St Isidore’s in Biggar after confessing his guilt over the sickening crimes.

He is now living in the cottage of an acquaintance in Stobo, Peeblesshire, after being driven away from three previous addresses.

Maher was close friends with the his victim’s parents and regularly called at their Lanarkshire home.

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