Appeal against rape conviction reserved in case of Donegal priest
Judgment has been reserved in an appeal brought by Co Donegal priest against his conviction and seven year prison sentence for raping a teenage parishioner in the church sacristy over 20 years ago.
Today the three judge CCA, at the appeal brought by Fr Daniel Doherty (aged 49), Derriscleigh, Carrigart, against his conviction on two charges each of rape and indecent assault, was told that certain evidence put before the jury should not have been included as it was highly prejudicial to the defence.
