An ex-resident of a Catholic orphanage at the centre of a police investigation has spoken of his alleged abuse by a priest. The man, who lives in north London, was a resident at St Francis Boys Home, in Shefford, near Bedford, in the 1960s.
He has told police he was abused at the home, which closed in 1974, by priest Father John Ryan who died in 2008. He told the BBC that Father Ryan said he could get out of punishment if he allowed the priest to abuse him.http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22603015