A NORTH-EAST Catholic priest accused of historical sex abuse at a former seminary appeared in the dock today (Tues, Apr 12).
Father Michael Higginbottom pleaded not guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to six sex offences allegedly involving two young boys in the late 1970s. The 73-year-old is currently suspended from St Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, in Darlington.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/14421605.Darlington_priest_appears_in_crown_court_on_historic_child_sex_offences/
Father Michael Higginbottom pleaded not guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to six sex offences allegedly involving two young boys in the late 1970s. The 73-year-old is currently suspended from St Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, in Darlington.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/14421605.Darlington_priest_appears_in_crown_court_on_historic_child_sex_offences/