Rent boy blackmailed priest for two years
By VICTORIA WELDON scotsman.com 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. The cleric carried on giving Gallagher cash when he saw him at the park, until July last year, when Gallagher followed him and found out where he lived. He showed up at the chapel house the next day and demanded money. Local police received information that a priest in the area was being blackmailed. Officers visited the priest, who told them what had been going on. Gallagher was later traced and arrested at his home addre...