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.

Priest tied up and threatened by masked raiders
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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