SCOTLAND
Daily Record
May 15, 2014 09:21 By Lindsey Archibald
THE Vatican has sacked a priest who escaped prosecution for decades of sexual abuse allegations.
In an unprecedented move the Catholic church has removed Father Thomas Mullen from his post despite Crown prosecutors deciding not to proceed with the case because too much time had passed between the alleged offences.
Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh Leo Cushley told parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes in Dunfermline of the Vatican’s decision at the weekend.
In a letter he said: “With the canonical process now completed, I regret to inform you that, in a trial which finished recently in Rome, Father Mullen was found guilty of certain canonical offences.
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