A priest on trial after being accused of abusing a number of young boys, spied on one of them whilst he had a shower, a court's been told. Father Anthony McSweeney denies a number of charges relating...
A priest has been sending letters to Abu Hamza - who is currently inside a high security prison - court documents filed in the US show. In one note, Rev Stephen Coles (pictured below, second in from ...
A Catholic priest has told a court he was "surprised" by an allegation that he indecently assaulted an 11-year-old girl in the mid-1980s. Fr Edward Simpson told the jury at Birmingham Crown Court he ...
A man has told a jury how he was sexually abused at a care home in London by a Catholic priest who then took photographs of him. The alleged victim was under 16 when it's claimed Fr Anthony McSweeney...
A court has heard that Andrew Soper fled to the Balkans after he was accused of sex abuse. In an ongoing trial, Andrew Soper (also known as Father Laurence Soper) is being charged with 16 cases of in...
A Catholic priest is being investigated amid allegations he stopped his homily and shouted at a wheelchair-bound, partially sighted dementia sufferer. It's claimed Fr John Lochran said: "will you sto...
A parish priest has been removed from his church after police launched an investigation into allegations of historic sex abuse. Fr Richard Rodgers, priest at St Mary's church in Cleland, North Lanark...
A Catholic priest has admitted that he fraudulently diverting thousands of pounds donated to his church by members of the congregation. Fr John Reid, 69, pleaded guilty to defrauding St Cuthbert's Ch...
A group of Christians protesting against what they claims is 'government hypocrisy on climate change' have been arrested in London. Five campaigners from the group Christian Climate Action were detai...
Parish priest and television personality Rev Kate Bottley is among 20 celebrities to put their culinary skills to the test on Celebrity MasterChef 2017. Contestants include: Comedian, Jim Moir Actor,...
A priest has been left with minor injuries after being attacked at a cathedral in Belfast. Police said he was assaulted during a burglary at St Peter's Cathedral in the Divis Area of the city.Detecti...
The priest of the church that the teenager who died in Malaysia attended says she spent her life growing up in church and brought out love from the community. Malaysian police have revealed that Nora...
A vicar in Merseyside has been banned from teaching for life after admitting he allowed seven-year-olds to cheat on their tests. Revd Paul Lock, 51, was headteacher of Willows Primary School in 2014 ...
A priest in Ireland has blamed the suicide of a teenager on "faceless individuals" who had been allegedly bullying him online. It is believed Ronan Hughes, 17, from Co Tyrone, took his own life after...
An American priest has been sent hundreds of online messages welcoming him to Celtic Football Club, despite him never having heard of the team. Fr Michael Duffy from New York has been sent congratula...
A priest in Kent has said that a 'Fully Monty' performance should not go ahead because it could encourage young people to have sex before marriage. The Full Monty and Montyettes performance which is ...
"I ask you to listen to the majority of the people on your beloved island of Ireland who are calling on you to stop. " Father Martin Magill, the Parish Priest at St John's Parish, Belfast, has spoke...
A priest has called for a homeless shelter to reopen following an increase in the number of homeless people sleeping in his churchyard during the summer. Fr Peter Groves, from St Mary Magdalen Church...
A Catholic priest has been charged over a number of sex offence allegations going back 30 years. Canon Mortimer Stanley, who is now based in Ireland, travelled back to Bury Magistrates court to hear ...
A Church of England vicar will appear in court next month after being charged with fraud. Canon Ian Finn from Suffolk is accused of dishonestly gaining £13,000 from a church.The 55 year old has been...
