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| Priest is horrified at body find | Priest is horrified at body find |
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| A Roman Catholic priest is "utterly shattered" that police looking for a missing woman have found a body in his Glasgow church. | A Roman Catholic priest is "utterly shattered" that police looking for a missing woman have found a body in his Glasgow church. |
| Angelika Kluk, a 23-year-old Polish student, had been living at St Patrick's Church, where Father Gerry Nugent is the priest. | Angelika Kluk, a 23-year-old Polish student, had been living at St Patrick's Church, where Father Gerry Nugent is the priest. |
| A post mortem is being carried out on the unidentified body. | |
| Strathclyde Police said that Peter Tobin, the man last seen with Ms Kluk, was a registered sex offender. | Strathclyde Police said that Peter Tobin, the man last seen with Ms Kluk, was a registered sex offender. |
| Ronnie Convery, the director of communications at Glasgow's Roman Catholic Archdiocese, said everyone was horrified at the find and that Fr Nugent was "utterly shattered" when he heard the news. | Ronnie Convery, the director of communications at Glasgow's Roman Catholic Archdiocese, said everyone was horrified at the find and that Fr Nugent was "utterly shattered" when he heard the news. |
| 'Defies belief' | 'Defies belief' |
| Mr Convery added: "It is almost unbelievably horrific. | Mr Convery added: "It is almost unbelievably horrific. |
| "The idea that a body could be found in or around a church almost defies belief. | "The idea that a body could be found in or around a church almost defies belief. |
| "Obviously, those most directly affected are shattered by this news. | "Obviously, those most directly affected are shattered by this news. |
| "Father Gerry Nugent, who's been spending every waking hour for the past week trying to help the police, has been asked to leave the premises because the whole place is sealed off. | "Father Gerry Nugent, who's been spending every waking hour for the past week trying to help the police, has been asked to leave the premises because the whole place is sealed off. |
| Police said Peter Tobin is on the sex offenders' register"He's completely shattered by this news." | Police said Peter Tobin is on the sex offenders' register"He's completely shattered by this news." |
| Ms Kluk was reported missing on Monday after she failed to turn up for work. | Ms Kluk was reported missing on Monday after she failed to turn up for work. |
| Tobin had been doing odd jobs at the church and had been known by the congregation as Pat McLaughlin. | Tobin had been doing odd jobs at the church and had been known by the congregation as Pat McLaughlin. |
| Police said that 60-year-old Tobin had supplied officers with a false name, address and age before vanishing just days after the student had been reported missing on Monday. | Police said that 60-year-old Tobin had supplied officers with a false name, address and age before vanishing just days after the student had been reported missing on Monday. |
| The last known address for Tobin, who was jailed in 1994 for raping a 14-year-old girl and indecently assaulting her friend in Hampshire, was in Paisley. | The last known address for Tobin, who was jailed in 1994 for raping a 14-year-old girl and indecently assaulting her friend in Hampshire, was in Paisley. |
| Police said the body was discovered at 2000 BST on Friday, after a detailed search of the church premises. | Police said the body was discovered at 2000 BST on Friday, after a detailed search of the church premises. |
| Earlier on Friday, police revealed that the man last seen with Ms Kluk was a registered sex offender. | Earlier on Friday, police revealed that the man last seen with Ms Kluk was a registered sex offender. |
| Ms Kluk was on a working holiday to fund her studies at the University of Gdansk. | Ms Kluk was on a working holiday to fund her studies at the University of Gdansk. |
| She was due to return home on 2 October and had bought her ticket. | She was due to return home on 2 October and had bought her ticket. |