01/02/2013
Community Service Sentence For Indecent Assault
The former administrator of Newry Cathedral has pleaded guilty to four counts of indecent assault of a teenage girl.
Father Terrence Rafferty, of Chestnut Grove, Newry, was sentenced to 100 hours community service, a three-year probation order and has been banned from working with children or vulnerable adults for 10 years.
The details of the case are now available following a request from the victim to have a court ban lifted.
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Father Terrence Rafferty, of Chestnut Grove, Newry, was sentenced to 100 hours community service, a three-year probation order and has been banned from working with children or vulnerable adults for 10 years.
The details of the case are now available following a request from the victim to have a court ban lifted.
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