LANCSASTER (ENGLAND)
Lancaster Live
August 1, 2019
By Paul Britton and Dominic Moffitt
Two men who were sexually abused by a priest in Lancashire have received praise from The NSPCC.
The charity called their actions ‘brave’ after the two men, who were sexually abused as teenagers by a paedophile priest, gave evidence that led to his conviction – and an 18-year prison sentence.
One stood up in court twice to detail his suffering at the hands of Catholic priest Michael Higginbottom in separate trials.
The charity said their ‘courageous actions’ in reporting the abuse and recalling their experiences to a jury showed ‘the passage of time is no protection for abusers’.
Higginbottom, 76, was found guilty of five counts of serious sexual assault and seven counts of indecent assault following a re-trial.
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