Abuse claim priest says sorry to parish

A PRIEST at the centre of sex abuse allegations in the North yesterday apologised to his parishioners.

Father Andrew McCloskey, the curate at St Patrick’s Church in Dungiven, Co Derry, told worshippers at Mass that he made a mistake for which he had paid dearly.

It had been revealed that last October he paid a five-figure out-of-court settlement to a man who made a complaint against him.