AN American woman allegedly molested repeatedly by an Irish priest over a six-month period when she was a teenager has attacked the Catholic Church in the US for not allowing her to have her day in court.

AN Irish priest who allegedly sexually abused at least three women in the United States is the subject of the first of 155 lawsuits which are being taken against two US diocese and which starts this month.

AN Irish priest wanted by police in the US over child sex abuse charges has been branded “a coward” by his alleged victim.