Witness confronts priest John McCollough in sex trial

[Ian David]

Black Collar Crime

Witness confronts priest in sex trial
By Staff Reporter

A WITNESS giving evidence against a former Bury priest accused of sexually abusing him more than 15 years ago hit out at him during an emotional court appearance.

He told the priest: "God help you in the afterlife".

John McCollough, aged 63, who now lives in Leigh-on-Sea, near Southend, is standing trial at Bolton Crown Court, charged with indecently assaulting two boy parishioners during his time as an Anglican rector at Christ the King with Holy Trinity Church in Bury.

McCollough was rector at the Bury Church during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He later left the Anglican Church and became a Catholic priest.


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[lips]

1. Oh dear.

I hope he doesn't mean the same afterlife that the priest subscribes to...