A former Catholic priest accused of a string of historical sex offences has been returned to Britain from Kosovo after a five-year police hunt. Lawrence Soper, 72, was arrested at Luton Airport on Sunday on suspicion of nine offences of sexual assault committed over a period from 1972 to 1986. In Kosovo, he was arrested on 12 May, years after Interpol issued an arrest warrant against him on suspicion of child sex offences.