IRELAND
Irish Independent
Friday November 16 2012
AN ELDERLY priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a teen over an eight-year period two decades ago.
Fr Vincent Mercer (66) of Black Abbey, Kilkenny, was remanded on bail after being charged before Cork District Court with a total of 39 counts of sexual assault.
Fr Mercer faces 39 charges of sexual assault against a juvenile at various locations in Cork and Limerick between January 1, 1986 and February 22, 1994.
The juvenile was aged between 11 and 17 over this period.
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