UNITED KINGDOM
Norwich Evening News
Peter Walsh, Crime correspondent Thursday, February 7, 2013
A Norfolk priest who was arrested by detectives probing allegations of child sex abuse centring on a guesthouse and a children’s home has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
The priest, Father Tony McSweeney, 66, from St George’s Church in the north of Norwich, and another man, aged 70, from East Sussex were arrested on Wednesday morning on suspicion of sexual offences.
Fr McSweeney, who has been a priest for 29 years, was appointed a director at Notre Dame High School in Norwich in April last year but resigned today.
He also took a service for Norwich City FC in 2004 after they were promoted to the Premiership.
Today the club said: “In 2004, Father McSweeney wrote to joint majority shareholder Delia Smith suggesting he would like to become a Norwich City Chaplain.
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