NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By David Young
Monday, 19 November 2012
No criminal charges will be brought against a west Belfast priest who stepped down after the Catholic Church received claims about his conduct.
Father Hugh Kennedy (55) was asked to temporarily stop working in St Peter’s Cathedral last year while Church authorities passed the information to the police and social services.
His decision to stop his work followed a meeting with he Bishop of Down and Connor Noel Treanor in July 2011. Fr Kennedy (right) was already on sick leave at that point, and described his situation as a “personal crisis”.
Specific allegations were not outlined but at the time Fr Kennedy issued a statement insisting he was not a child molester.
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