UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A Roman Catholic priest arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse has been found dead on the day he was due to report to police.
Father Ernest Sands, 67, was found dead on 11 April, it has emerged.
Fr Sands, who lived in Oswestry, was arrested last year by Lancashire Police on suspicion of sexually abusing five boys at a Catholic seminary.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said the death was not suspicious and his alleged victims had been informed.
The offences were said to have taken place in the late 1970s and 1980s against boys aged from 11 to 15.
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