Diocese hit by fresh abuse allegations

FRESH complaints of child sex abuse have emerged against a now deceased Catholic priest of the Diocese of Ferns.

Diocese hit by fresh abuse allegations

The allegations centre on a priest who served in the rural Ballindaggin parish near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, which covers the three churches of Ballindaggin, Kiltealy and Caim.

At Masses in each of the three churches last Sunday, the apostolic administrator of Ferns Bishop Eamonn Walsh acknowledged the complaints which he stressed had yet to be fully investigated.

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