DUNDEE (SCOTLAND)
The Sunday Post
March 3, 2019
By Janet Boyle & Marion Scott
A Catholic priest accused of abuse in Scotland and California has faced allegations from five separate children, we can reveal.
The number of allegations against Joseph Dunne has increased calls for a full explanation from the Catholic Church as to when concerns were first raised.
He was told to leave Scotland but later got a berth at a church in California where similar allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards young girls.
A woman, now in her 50s, is the latest alleged victim to come forward to voice concern about Dunne’s behaviour when she was a 15-year-old girl attending his Glasgow church.
She says the priest, who denies all allegations of wrongdoing, encouraged her to wear a short skirt at tennis matches he organised, and once offered her money to go with him to the seaside.
Dunne was sacked by the Archdiocese of Glasgow in 1988 after complaints about his behaviour by two other schoolgirls.
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