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Clerical Abuse

Priest in court on sexual assault charges

A PRIEST HAS appeared in Galway Circuit Criminal Court charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in the west of Ireland over 40 years ago. The 82-year-old priest, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Loughrea District Court this morning.