A FORMER priest at an Eastwood church will learn his fate today after being found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy at a children's home.
Anthony McSweeney, 68, dubbed the 'fat vicar', is facing jail after being found guilty of indecent assault and three counts of making indecent images of children.
He was found guilty earlier this month and today will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court, London.
The former Catholic priest at St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, in Eastwood Road North, was rumbled by his cleaner, Julia Woodyatt, who found drawers full of child porn and sex toys at the church.
Ms Woodyatt tried to raise her concerns with the church at the time, but it ignored her.
However, the priest soon left the church without explanation.
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