18/03/2004

Priest condemns church attack

An attack on a Catholic Church in Co Tyrone has been condemned by its Parish Priest.

Father Michael Doherty described the incident in which a number of windows were smashed at St Mary's Church in Strabane as "disgraceful".

Police are trying to establish a motive for the incident which occurred on Wednesday night.

Elsewhere, a bomb which was found at a Cathloic Church in Ballygowan on Wednesday has been declared a hoax.

The device, which was discovered at the church on the Carrickmannon Road shortly before 10am on Wednesday, led to people being sent home from a St Patrick's Day Mass.

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