Rape-accused Irish priest's story like 'teenage boy's fantasy', UK court told

Retired cleric denies raping a woman in 1986 and said what happened was consensual

John Anthony Clohosey had told the court they kissed and cuddled, in what was the first sexual encounter of his life, but they did not have sex.

The account of a sexual encounter put forward by a priest who is accused of rape was like a "strange, teenage boy's fantasy", a court heard.

Retired John Anthony Clohosey, 72, originally from Kilkenny, who presided over churches across north-east England, denies raping a woman in 1986 and said what happened was consensual.