Priest scared of being branded a paedophile
Speaking of his shame after the publication of the audit of the Raphoe Diocese, which found that 14 priests had abused 52 young people, Fr Damien McGroarty, 29, said he now wondered what people thought of him whenever he drove past a school.
The cleric issued a passionate homily from the altar of St Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, yesterday. Fr McGorarty’s condemnation came as Bishop of Raphoe Dr Philip Boyce read a pastoral letter apologising to victims and to the community from the same altar an hour later.
