NORTHERN IRELAND
Ulster Herald
THE Parish Priest of Cappagh, Fr Eugene Boland will return to church duties next week, following a “long and painful” battle to restore his reputation.
Fr Eugene was found not guilty of indecent assault last June, following an eight day trial.
The Killyclogher priest had stepped down from his role as PP in 2010 when the charges were made. Fr Boland had faced five charges of indecent assault on a 14-year-old girl in the Parochial House, Derry City, on unknown dates between June 1990 and June 1992.
He was acquitted of all charges. “It is with a sense of great joy and anticipation that I return to public ministry in my parish of Cappagh with my good name and standing in the Church fully restored,” he told the Tyrone Herald yesterday.
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