A notorious child abuser who raped an 11-year-old girl on a Blackpool holiday bankrolled by his Catholic priest lover has been deemed safe to be released. Paedophile William “Billy” Adams has been locked up since 2007, when he was convicted over the horrific abuse of a Liverpool schoolgirl.
Adams, 58, befriended his then 11-year-old victim, Jade Critchlow, and lavished her and her family with gifts, even taking them on a three-week holiday to the Lancashire seaside town. Liverpool Crown Court heard Adams, who was bankrolled by his then 64-year-old lover, Father Jeremiah McGrath, raped his victim every night of the holiday.
Adams, formerly of Bootle, was caged for life for the sickening campaign of abuse, but the ECHO later revealed how Adams had a disturbing history of sex offences against children. He served seven years in prison for the rape of a schoolgirl in Ireland before travelling to Merseyside in 2005.
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