Belfast priest denounces INLA punishment attack as child abuse

BELFAST parish priest Fr Aidan Troy yesterday described the tarring of two Ardoyne teenagers, victims of a so-called punishment attack by the INLA republican paramilitary group, as child abuse.

“It was just an horrendous scene when I got there,” said Fr Troy, describing what he found on a street corner on Holy Thursday night.

“People were screaming and shouting and it developed into quite a nasty scene,” he said.