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A POLICE investigation into a Catholic priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing was stopped after senior officers conspired with the government and Church to protect him, a shock report has revealed.

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A Sinn Féin Assembly member was among four people being questioned today about an IRA atrocity which claimed the lives of nine people 33 years ago.

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Four held in relation to 1972 IRA bomb murders

Three men and a woman were arrested today by police investigating an IRA bomb atrocity more than 30 years ago in which nine people were killed.

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Priests role covered up in Claudy bombing

The British Government and the Catholic Church were involved in an astonishing cover-up to shield a priest suspected of heading-up the IRA team responsible for one of Northern Ireland’s worst ever bomb atrocities, police claimed today.

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