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Derry Journal
Tuesday 7th June 2005
A Co. Donegal priest convicted of an indecency offence in a Derry shopping centre, has been receiving counselling since the incident, it has emerged.
Fr. Patrick McGarvey, a curate in Stranorlar, was convicted at Derry Magistrate's Court on Thursday on a charge of observing for the purposes of sexual gratification, a person carrying out a private act in a public place.
It related to an incident in the gent's toilets in the Foyleside Shopping Centre on August 4, 2004.
Fr. McGarvey, a native of Creeslough whose address was given as Main Street, Stranorlar, pleaded guilty to the offence. The Resident Magistrate imposed a two year conditional discharge.
Posted by kshaw at June 7, 2005 04:14 PM