NORTHERN IRELAND
UTV
A former priest who used his “ruthless” character, as well as “charm and humour”, to befriend and abuse three victims has been jailed for 10 years.
Judge Patrick Lynch QC told 53-year-old “sexual predator” James Martin Donaghy that his litany of offences and other similar offences had “seriously compromised, perhaps irrevocably” the trust in the priesthood in this country and others.
He also told Donaghy that he had damaged, not just his three victims, but also the reputation of the church and his colleagues – “the great majority of whom are beyond reproach”.
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