NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
A priest who was acquitted in 2012 of sexual assault charges against a teenage girl is to return to ministry in the Diocese of Derry.
Fr Eugene Boland, a parish priest in Cappagh, County Tyrone, stepped aside four years ago while the allegations were investigated.
The administrator of the diocese said both the legal proceedings and Church processes have now been completed.
Fr Boland will resume his duties during a Mass in his parish on Saturday night.
Fr Francis Bradley, Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Derry, said: “I am glad the civil and canonical processes in respect of Fr Eugene Boland have drawn to a close.
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