NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Pope Francis dismisses convicted Lisburn paedophile priest James Martin Donaghy from priesthood
20 FEBRUARY 2015
Pope Francis has dismissed a convicted paedophile priest from County Antrim from the priesthood.
James Martin Donaghy, originally from Lady Wallace Drive, Lisburn is currently serving a 10-year-old jail sentence for abusing three victims following a trial in 2011.
Donaghy was convicted in 2013 of indecently assaulting a boy and was given two more years in jail to run concurrently.
He stepped down from duties in 2004 and has not worked as a priest since – but now he has been banned from ministry.
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