Jailed former priest found guilty of sexually assaulting boy in church

Alexander Bede Walsh is already serving a 22 year prison sentence for other sexual offences

Alexander Bede Walsh
Author: Natalia AntoniwPublished 14th Jan 2026

An already jailed former Roman Catholic priest has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a boy at a church in Cheadle, Staffordshire.

72-year-old Alexander Bede Walsh is currently serving a 22 year prison sentence which started in 2012.

He was convicted of two sexual offences and 19 counts of indecent assault.

He's now been fund guilty of another offence: indecent assault against a child.

The court heard how Bede Walsh indecently assaulted a boy in a church in the 1980s.

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