Cops' kid porn raid on priest.Byline: By RUSSELL FINDLAY A PRIEST is among 100 Scots being investigated over internet child porn. The Catholic priest had his computer seized in a swoop swoop v. swooped, swoop·ing, swoops v.intr. 1. To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey. 2. launched after an FBI tip-off. He was also questioned by Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England. police in an operation similar to the one in which rock star Pete Townshend was arrested in 2002. The latest swoop, Operation Falcon Operation Falcon may refer to:
, involved all Scotland's police forces. About 100 people suspected of using a Belarus-based child porn website were tracked down through credit card details. The priest has not been arrested or charged. A force insider said: 'There was surprise when a priest appeared on the list but he will be treated like everybody else.' Townshend, of The Who, was cautioned and put on the sex offenders' register after admitting accessing child porn. CAPTION(S): Offence: Townshend |
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