Paedophile priest Daniel Curran in court on fresh child abuse charges

NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph

BY DEBORAH MCALEESE – 14 NOVEMBER 2014

One of Northern Ireland’s most notorious clerical sex offenders has been charged with child abuse for a fifth time.

Fr Daniel Curran (64) has already been jailed for abusing more than a dozen boys over a 17-year period.

At Downpatrick Magistrates Court yesterday Curran, of Bryansford Avenue, Newcastle, was charged with four further sex offences committed against a child in the 1990s.

He is accused of gross indecency and indecent assault.

Curran allegedly abused the child sometime between August 8, 1990 and August 7, 1995.

At a preliminary enquiry yesterday District Judge Eamon King ruled there was a case to answer.

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