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| Contempt penalty for Kluk priest | Contempt penalty for Kluk priest |
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| The priest involved in the Angelika Kluk murder trial has been sentenced to 100 hours community service after being found guilty of contempt of court. | The priest involved in the Angelika Kluk murder trial has been sentenced to 100 hours community service after being found guilty of contempt of court. |
| Father Gerry Nugent, 63, was repeatedly warned by High Court judge Lord Menzies about "prevaricating" when questioned. | Father Gerry Nugent, 63, was repeatedly warned by High Court judge Lord Menzies about "prevaricating" when questioned. |
| The judge said he would have imposed a jail sentence but he took into account the priest's history of helping others. | The judge said he would have imposed a jail sentence but he took into account the priest's history of helping others. |
| Peter Tobin, 60, was found guilty of murdering Ms Kluk, whose body was found at a Glasgow church last September. | Peter Tobin, 60, was found guilty of murdering Ms Kluk, whose body was found at a Glasgow church last September. |
| Tobin, a church handyman, raped and killed Ms Kluk at St Patrick's Church, in the Anderston area of the city, and buried her body under the floor boards near the confessional. | Tobin, a church handyman, raped and killed Ms Kluk at St Patrick's Church, in the Anderston area of the city, and buried her body under the floor boards near the confessional. |
| Passing sentence on Nugent on Tuesday, the judge also placed him on probation for a year. | |
| Giving evidence | Giving evidence |
| The parish priest, who had revealed that he is an alcoholic, said he had a sexual relationship with Ms Kluk, who was working as a cleaner at the church and saving up money for her studies. | The parish priest, who had revealed that he is an alcoholic, said he had a sexual relationship with Ms Kluk, who was working as a cleaner at the church and saving up money for her studies. |
| He was found in contempt of court while being questioned by defence lawyer Donald Findlay during the six-week trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. | |
| Lord Menzies told the priest, who was dressed in a suit, that he would normally have imposed a jail sentence for such an offence. | |
| However, he took into account the priest's "outstanding history" of helping others and various reports which had been placed before him. | However, he took into account the priest's "outstanding history" of helping others and various reports which had been placed before him. |
| Lord Menzies said: "Prevarication and hence contempt of court is something which courts cannot tolerate if our system of justice is to be properly administered. | Lord Menzies said: "Prevarication and hence contempt of court is something which courts cannot tolerate if our system of justice is to be properly administered. |
| The church has apologised for the priest's actions | |
| "You were found to be in contempt of court by prevarication in a very important trial - a trial which could hardly have had a higher profile and a trial which could hardly have been more important, involving as it did a charge of murder and rape of a young woman who was staying in your own chapel house." | "You were found to be in contempt of court by prevarication in a very important trial - a trial which could hardly have had a higher profile and a trial which could hardly have been more important, involving as it did a charge of murder and rape of a young woman who was staying in your own chapel house." |
| The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland issued an apology for the priest's actions following the end of the murder trial last week. | |
| Archbishop Mario Conti said Nugent had abused trust and would not work in "active ministry" again. | |
| The court heard how Tobin concealed the 23-year-old's body in the church and then absconded to London. | |
| Lord Menzies said that Tobin should serve a minimum of 21 years and he described him as "an evil man". | Lord Menzies said that Tobin should serve a minimum of 21 years and he described him as "an evil man". |
| The judge told Tobin: "In the course of my time in the law I have seen many bad men and I have heard evidence about many terrible crimes which have been committed but I have heard no case more tragic, more terrible than this one. | The judge told Tobin: "In the course of my time in the law I have seen many bad men and I have heard evidence about many terrible crimes which have been committed but I have heard no case more tragic, more terrible than this one. |
| "The advocate-depute describes what you did to Angelika Kluk as an atrocity and that word aptly describes what you did to this young woman." | "The advocate-depute describes what you did to Angelika Kluk as an atrocity and that word aptly describes what you did to this young woman." |