NORTHERN IRELAND
Lurgan Mail
Published on Monday 24 December 2012
THE anonymity of a former Lurgan priest who was convicted of indecently assaulting a young girl in the County Armagh area has been lifted. He has been named as Fr Terence Rafferty.
A former Administrator at Newry Cathedral, Fr Rafferty, whose address was given as Chestnut Grove, Newry, was convicted at Craigavon Crown Court on Monday of four counts of indecent assault relating to offences in 2001.
Sitting before Judge Patrick Lynch, five other offences of indecent assault between December 2000 and January 2002 were left on the books.
The victim was a minor at the time.
Details of the case were only released last Thursday after a court ban protecting the 50-year-old priest’s identity was lifted.
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