UNITED KINGDOM
The Herald
Police are investigating an allegation a Plymouth Catholic priest committed a sexual offence.
Father Michael Kirkpatrick, based at the Cathedral of St Mary and St Boniface in Plymouth, was arrested on suspicion of an historic sexual offence, alleged to have taken place before he became a priest.
Bishop Mark O’Toole took to the pulpit at every Mass at the cathedral in Stonehouse of St Mary and St Boniface on Sunday, March 2, to deliver the news.
He told the congregation that Fr Kirkpatrick, a priest based at the Stonehouse cathedral, was under investigation.
Fr Kirkpatrick is a former governor and chaplain at Holy Cross primary school in the city centre.
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