Two men convicted of abuse at Catholic run school to be sentenced
John Farrell from Motherwell and Paul Kelly from Plymouth are expected to return to the dock to learn what jail term they will serve
Two men are expected to be sentenced later after being found guilty of sexually abusing and assaulting boys at a former Catholic-run school in the 1970s and 80s.
73 year old John Farrell from Motherwell and 64 year old Paul Kelly from Plymouth, preyed on youngsters at St Ninian's in Fife.
The pair abused the boys many who already had a chaotic upbringing and whom they should have been protecting.
Farrell, who was the headmaster, was convicted of physically abusing one boy and sexually abusing three others.
Our Reporter Linda Sinclair spoke to 47 year old Joe, who was the first victim to come forward. We have disguised his voice to protect his identity.
Kelly was found guilty of sexually abusing two boys and sexually and physically abusing a third.
One of the victims was sexually abused by both men on different occasions.
The victims were abused between 1979 and 1983 when they were aged between 11 and 15.
A jury heard harrowing claims of how boys were left traumatised by their ordeals at the List G school.
The paedophiles cheated justice for decades – with Farrell even going on to become a priest.
But, the tenacity of one victim – determined to see the pair in the dock – sparked a huge police probe into the abuse. This man, who was sexually abused by Farrell, refused to give up and an investigation was finally launched after he went to the Archdiocese and made a formal complaint in 2013. The probe uncovered many more complainers.
At the High Court in Glasgow Farrell and Kelly were convicted after a 13-week trial of a total of 11 charges involving six victims
The other 22 charges they faced, involving another 18 alleged victims, were found not guilty or not proven by the jury of 14.
Farrell and Kelly who both denied all charges will return to the dock today to learn their sentences.