IRELAND
Galway News
September 20, 2012
It’s reported that an 84 year old priest charged with the alleged sexual assault of a boy in County Galway over 40 years ago has died while awaiting trial.
The priest was due to appear in court in Monaghan for allegedly raping a 15-year-old boy in 1968 during a religious pilgrimage to Lough Derg.
It’s also claimed he abused the same teenager after the funeral of the boy’s father in County Galway.
The former cleric was arrested by US marshals at his home at Miller Court in South Bend, Indiana in 2009 and was extradited to Ireland in July 2010.
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