NORTHERN IRELAND
Lurgan Mail
A FORMER Lurgan priest, who pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a young girl, is to face sentencing next week.
Fr Terence Rafferty, who had been a priest in St Peter’s Parish in Lurgan, was convicted at Craigavon Crown Court before Christmas on four counts of indecent assault relating to offences in 2001.
He was due to appear before Craigavon Magistrates Court last Friday however the case was adjourned until January 31.
The former Administrator of Newry Cathedral, whose address was given as Chestnut Grove, Newry, had five other offences of indecent assault between December 2000 and January 2002 left on the books.
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