Priest to face trial on 66 sex charges

WEXFORD priest aged 42, charged with sexually assaulting young males, has been sent forward for trial to Wexford Circuit Court…

WEXFORD priest aged 42, charged with sexually assaulting young males, has been sent forward for trial to Wexford Circuit Court in November.

The curate, who is facing 66 charges of indecent assault and acts of gross indecency against as a number of young men during the 1980s appeared at Wexford District Court yesterday.

Judge Donachadha O Buachalla said there was side at case to send the defendant forward for trial on all 66 charges. He remanded him on bail to the next sitting of Wexford Circuit Court on his own bond of £5,000 and an independent surety of £5,000.