NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
A Catholic priest who admitted giving £145,000 of church money to a woman has been given a two-year sentence suspended for three years.
Fr Conleth Byrne, 78, took the money from church funds in the parish of Loughinisland, County Down.
The money was taken over a 19-month period between 2008 and 2009.
The priest, who is now retired, pleaded guilty last month to fraud by abuse of position just before his trial was due to begin.
About £45,000 has been repaid and a judge has ordered Fr Byrne to repay the outstanding £100,000.
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