Homeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry suffers minor injuries following assault

Fr Peter McVerry sustained minor injuries leading to bruising on his face following an assault last week. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Homeless campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has been attacked at his home by a man who came to him asking for help.

Fr McVerry, who is in his 70s, sustained facial injuries in the attack but did not require hospitalisation.