William Green told a court last week that he had been laicised. Green is the former parish priest of Holy Family, Wigan. He was convicted in 2008 for 26
offences of indecent assault committed mainly against students at St
Bede's, Manchester (see
http://caads.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/safeguarding-commission-refuses-to-say.html
)
Green did not say when he had been laicised, although it is known that in December 2010 he had not yet been dismissed from the clerical status (see http://caads.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/wigan-today-paedo-priest-anger-17.html )
The court, last week, was considering civil actions against St Bede's by former pupils
.