Lessons persisted in priest’s house

A PRIEST was allowed have music lessons taught at his house more than seven years after he was removed from his ministry due to an allegation of child sex abuse.

Fr Drust, who died in 2010, was alleged to have abused a girl between 1967 and 1971, when she was between the ages of 7 and 11.

The victim, “Ula” first reported the abuse in 1990 to a priest but not to the diocesan authorities. This priest did not view the complaint as a ‘report’ but felt “it was under the seal of confession”.