Priest to stand trial for alleged sexual assaults

NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News

A priest has been ordered to stand trial in relation to a number of alleged sexual assaults against a woman, dating back more than 20 years.

Fr Eugene Boland, 65, of the Parochial House, Killyclogher Road, Omagh, appeared before Magherafelt Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

He is accused of indecent assaulting the woman on dates between June 1990 and June 1992.

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