NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By Michael Donnelly
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Two women who cheered in court as a priest was cleared of sex abuse charges have walked free from court themselves after apologising for the outburst.
The women had clapped and cheered when Fr Eugene Boland (66), of Killyclogher Road, Omagh, was cleared of indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl 20 years ago in parochial house in Derry.
The women — Sarah Kerrigan from Patrick Street, Londonderry, and Michelle Ruddy, of Larraghirrell, in Culdaff, Co Donegal — had been charged with contempt of court. They appeared visibly relieved when Judge Stephen Fowler said he would take the matter no further.
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