A RENT boy tormented a gay Catholic priest for more than two years by threatening to expose his sexuality, a court heard yesterday.John Gallagher forced the 61-year-old to pay £3,000 for his silence and regularly visited the chapel house in Glasgow to demand cash.
The pair met in Kelvingrove Park in the city's West End, where the cleric often went to use the services of male prostitutes.
Gallagher, 30, found out that his client was a priest and began extorting money from him, threatening to go to the press if he didn't pay up.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday, Gallagher, of the Talbot Association, Paisley Road, Glasgow, admitted menacing the priest, threatening to expose him as homosexual and demanding money from him on various dates between 1 January, 2005, and 16 September, 2007.(keep reading)
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