Compo for school perv Fr victims; PAEDOPHILE.SEVEN victims of a Northern Ireland paedophile paedophile or US pedophile Noun a person who is sexually attracted to children Noun 1. paedophile - an adult who is sexually attracted to children pedophile priest are to receive compensation. Fr Neil Gallanagh abused them at St John's School for the Deaf, Yorkshire, during the 1970s. All took legal action against Leeds diocese. Out-of-court settlements have been agreed with the men who are in their 40s. The case of an eighth man is still ongoing. A solicitor said: "No amount of money will ever make up for what happened to these men." Gallanagh got a six-month suspended sentence A sentence given after the formal conviction of a crime that the convicted person is not required to serve. In criminal cases a trial judge has the ability to suspend the sentence of a convicted person. in 2005, age 75, after admitting indecently assaulting two teens at the school between 1975 and 1980. |
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