Aging cleric who fled to Spain is found guilty by Ulster jury despite claims he was ‘too ill’ to stand trial

Sinead Gorman celebates outside a church in east Belfast this week – after the priest who abused her there 40 years ago was finally found guilty.

Fr John Joseph Murray (80) was found guilty by a jury at at Dungannon Crown Court last Friday of sexually assaulting two young girls.

The unanimous verdict – which had been reached in under an hour – marked the end of the long and difficult road for two of his victims. They had both been chasing justice for 40 years.

Sinead was just 11 when the abuse started. And this week as she stood outside the former St Matthew’s Parochial House in Bryson Street in east Belfast, the now 50-year-old said just being there sent shivers down her spine.

“I’ll never forget running…