Priest held in connection with sex abuse claims
on 24/11/2009 15:04:07
An Catholic priest in the North has been arrested by detectives investigating the alleged sexual abuse of a boy in the 1970s, police revealed today.
He has already been asked to leave his job while the probe into the indecent assault claims is carried out.
The alleged crime was committed against a boy under the age of 16 in the Lancashire area in England.
The priest, who used to work in England, was arrested in London yesterday by officers from the Metropolitan Police Force's Child Abuse Investigation Team.
He was questioned and bailed to return to a west London police station in February.
The Met is taking the lead on the inquiry as the alleged victim, who is aged in his 40s, now lives in the city.