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20th March 2013, 03:46 PM
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Oh, no. This is just so sad.
A British court is about to reach a verdict in a sexual assault case against Father William Finnegan, pastor of St. Clare’s Roman Catholic Church in Fagley, Bradford. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Father Finnegan is accused of forcibly kissing and inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl last Easter Sunday.
The priest insists that he was not at fault—that in fact, the teenager had initiated the encounter, kissing him on the lips, and he forcefully pushed her away, explaining that her action was inappropriate.
But to buttress his defense, Finnegan’s barrister Jeffrey Hill Baker dropped another bomb: The Catholic priest had been secretly married to a former parishioner in 1999. Hill-Baker told the jury:
Continued- Priest Accused of Abuse Drops Another Shocker: He’s Married
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20th March 2013, 03:55 PM
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"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." - John 8:44
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20th March 2013, 03:59 PM
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20th March 2013, 04:02 PM
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20th March 2013, 04:19 PM
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