Gardaí re-submit file on alleged 1980s sex assault

Gardaí have re-submitted a file to the DPP after re-interviewing an elderly priest in the Diocese of Cloyne about an allegation that he sexually assaulted a teenager in the 1980s.

The second interview was arranged after new information emerged following a review by the Catholic Church's watchdog on child protection practices in the diocese.

Gardaí interviewed the elderly cleric for a second time by arrangement in March.