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| Anthony McSweeney: Catholic priest jailed for three years for sexually abusing boy at children's home in west London | Anthony McSweeney: Catholic priest jailed for three years for sexually abusing boy at children's home in west London |
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| Catholic priest Anthony McSweeney has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a children's home in west London between 1979 and 1981. | Catholic priest Anthony McSweeney has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a children's home in west London between 1979 and 1981. |
| Sweeney, 68, was found guilty of abusing the 15-year-old while working at the Grafton Close Children's Home in Hounslow. | Sweeney, 68, was found guilty of abusing the 15-year-old while working at the Grafton Close Children's Home in Hounslow. |
| A sexual harm prevention order was also made against him at the sentencing on March 27 at Southwark Crown Court. | A sexual harm prevention order was also made against him at the sentencing on March 27 at Southwark Crown Court. |
| Earlier in the trial, the priest, who is classed as morbidly obese, confessed he had watched children in the shower and collected indecent videos of children, the BBC reported. | |
| He also said that he had watched footage featuring boys as young as 10 on a home cinema with friend John Stingemore - the former manager of the children's home, who died before the trial. | He also said that he had watched footage featuring boys as young as 10 on a home cinema with friend John Stingemore - the former manager of the children's home, who died before the trial. |
| But McSweeney denied molesting boys when they sat on his lap, and claimed he was "too fat" to have done so with a teenager. | |
| The priest was investigated as part of a probe into an alleged paedophile ring at the home. The probe also included Elm Guest House in Barnes, south-west London. | The priest was investigated as part of a probe into an alleged paedophile ring at the home. The probe also included Elm Guest House in Barnes, south-west London. |
| At the sentencing, Judge Alistair McCreath said McSweeney had a "voyeuristic interest in children, either in seeing them unclothed, or in seeing them sexually abused by others". | |
| He said the priest had abused his position of trust and there was "no doubt" the victims had suffered sexual harm of a psychological nature. | |
| He added that McSweeney poses a "high risk of serious harm" to children. |