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Trial told of 'dishonest' priest Trial told of 'dishonest' priest
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A parishioner described the priest at the church where Angelika Kluk's body was found as dishonest, a court heard. A parishioner has claimed the priest at the church where Angelika Kluk's body was found was dishonest.
The witness said that the parish priest at St Patrick's Church in Anderston, Glasgow, was aware of the location where Angelika was hidden. The Polish student's body was found beneath a trapdoor in St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Anderston, Glasgow, in September last year.
Sarah Howie told the High Court in Edinburgh that Father Gerry Nugent definitely knew about the trapdoor despite him denying knowledge of it. Sarah Howie, 45, told the High Court in Edinburgh that Father Gerry Nugent knew about the trapdoor despite denying knowledge of it.
Peter Tobin, 60, denies murdering and raping the Polish student. Peter Tobin, 60, denies murdering and raping Miss Kluk last September.
Mr Tobin denies attacking Angelika between 24 September and 29 September in St Patrick's Church, or elsewhere, gagging her with cloth and tape, binding her hands with cable ties, raping her, smashing her skull with a piece of wood or something similar, stabbing her 16 times in the chest and inflicting other knife injuries. Mother-of-two Mrs Howie, of Shaftsbury Street, Shawlands, Glasgow, also told jurors that the priest "chased" and "harassed" her.
The former parish priest had claimed a sexual relationship with parishioner Mrs Howie before telling the trial he meant only intimacy but not sexual intercourse.
He chased me if you like, he harassed me but we never had any sexual relationship whatsoever Sarah Howie
When advocate depute Dorothy Bain, prosecuting, told Mrs Howie that Father Nugent said he had a sexual relationship with her she responded angrily.
She said: "No he didn't, no he didn't. No sexual relationship with me whatsoever.
"He chased me if you like, he harassed me but we never had any sexual relationship whatsoever."
Miss Howie also claimed that Father Gerry knew seven or eight years ago about the trap door in the then bare floor which, last September, became the entrance to the place where Miss Kluk was buried.
She said: "The trap door was quite visible. There was no carpet on the floor then. It was very visible. It did not take Einstein to work out where it was."
Mrs Howie, who has been a regular worshipper at St Patrick's for 14 or 15 years and was married there, described how she and a friend went exploring.
They had heard tales of a possible crypt under the church, where former priests or bishops might be buried, and tunnels leading underground to the Charing Cross area of Glasgow.
Father Gerry gave them permission to look under the floor near the confessional, she said.
They took a torch and went into the void but found nothing of interest.
Violent death
Mrs Howie also described how she and the other woman were kneeling at the trap door when Father Gerry approached.
She said: "He says to me in a joking manner 'Oh, did you find any bodies?' and we laughed and said 'Oh, no, nothing like that'."
The exploration happened about seven or eight years ago, she said, just after Father Gerry arrived at St Patrick's.
Angelika had been staying at St Patrick's Church in Anderston
Earlier in the trial, Mr Tobin's defence QC Donald Findlay repeatedly asked Father Gerry if he had known about the trap door at the time of Miss Kluk's violent death.
The priest denied it and told the lawyer over and over again: "I know nothing about her death or the circumstances of her death."
The trial also heard how on 6 October last year Detective Inspector Andrew McMillan, 37, interviewed Mr Tobin to be met with "no comment" to most of his questions about Miss Kluk.
Mr Tobin denies attacking Angelika between 24 and 29 September in St Patrick's Church, or elsewhere, gagging her with cloth and tape, binding her hands with cable ties, raping her, smashing her skull with a piece of wood or something similar, stabbing her 16 times in the chest and inflicting other knife injuries.
It is alleged that he then hid the body under the floor of the church.It is alleged that he then hid the body under the floor of the church.
He also denies that he told Glasgow police his name was Patrick McLaughlin, gave a false date of birth and address, and that he travelled to London and gave staff at the National Neurology and Neurosurgery Hospital in Queen's Square, London, another false name.He also denies that he told Glasgow police his name was Patrick McLaughlin, gave a false date of birth and address, and that he travelled to London and gave staff at the National Neurology and Neurosurgery Hospital in Queen's Square, London, another false name.
Mr Tobin also denies a breach of the peace between July and September last year by threatening Russian student Rebecca Dordi at St Patrick's Church.Mr Tobin also denies a breach of the peace between July and September last year by threatening Russian student Rebecca Dordi at St Patrick's Church.
The trial continues.The trial continues.