Priest tied up and threatened by masked raiders

A MIDDLE-AGED priest was tied up and threatened with baseball bats by thugs who broke into his home late on Thursday night.

Sat, 08 Mar, 2003 - 00:00

Neans McSweeney

The four masked men tied up the priest during a robbery in Co Kilkenny on Thursday night. Fr James Dollard, parish priest of Conahy, an area five miles from Kilkenny city, was unhurt.

The thugs were dressed in combat gear.

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