Kilwinning: Priest who played strip poker with child in Italy avoids jail
A priest who made a boy take off his clothes while playing strip poker in Italy avoided jail after being found guilty of lewd historic sexual…
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A priest who made a boy take off his clothes while playing strip poker in Italy avoided jail after being found guilty of lewd historic sexual…
A KILWINNING priest who made a boy take off his clothes in Italy awaits his fate after being found guilty of lewd historic sexual behaviour.
Prosecutors have been given the green light to press ahead with an appeal in the case of a priest who was acquitted of child sex abuse charges. Father Stephen Motroni, a former priest at St Mary’s RC church in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, was accused of sexually abusing two young brothers after plying them with drink and playing strip poker. He faced two historic charges of lewd and libidinous conduct against the children, aged between five and 13, in Scotland and on holiday in Italy. However, after hearing several days of evidence at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last year, Sheriff Michael Hanl...