Sex abuse victim accused of being a ‘professional victim’

A former Roman Catholic School pupil who won a £135,000 settlement after claiming he was sexually abused by a priest was accused of being a ‘professional victim’ today (MON). The man first came forward in 2004 to tell police he was raped and indecently assaulted by Andrew Soper, 74, at St Benedict’s School in Ealing, west London, in the 1970s. His claim for criminal compensation was refused when the case was dropped but in 2012 he made a civil application…