Shefford Catholic boys' home abused urged to tell police
By Nic Rigby BBC News 3 July 2013
A former resident of a Catholic orphanage at the centre of historic child abuse allegations has waived his right to anonymity to urge others to contact the police.
Tony Walsh, 65, was sent to St Francis Boys Home in Shefford, Bedfordshire, in the 1950s. He says he was sexually abused by Father John Ryan at the home.
His allegations led to the priest's arrest in 2003 but he was released without charge and died in 2008. Mr Walsh, who was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk but now lives in Spain, is the third man to inform the BBC he was sexually and physically abused by Father Ryan....
The BBC has also learned of a large number of cases of alleged physical abuse by the same priest.....
A spokesman for the Northamptonshire Diocese of the Catholic Church, which ran the home, said it "deeply regrets" any hurt caused, but stressed the "claims are not proven".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22980505
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