Priest charged with indecent assault

A RETIRED priest from the Diocese of Cloyne has been charged with indecently assaulting two women in separate incidents, in the early 1980s.

At Mallow District Court yesterday, 73-year-old Daniel Duane, with an address at The Presbytery, Cecilstown, Mallow, Co Cork, was charged with indecently assaulting a woman in the Mallow area between September 1, 1980, and April 1, 1982.

He was further charged with assaulting another woman in the Mallow area between the same dates.