UNITED KINGDOM
Sunday Independent
A CATHOLIC priest appeared in court in the UK yesterday charged with indecent assault and facilitation of the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
Father Jeremiah McGrath, 62, appeared in the dock at Liverpool Magistrates Court, following his arrest in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
McGrath, who gave his address as the Parochial House, Rosslea, County Fermanagh, spoke only to confirm his name and address.
He is accused of indecently assaulting the girl and facilitating another person to rape her, between May and November of this year in England. McGrath was arrested on Wednesday after going voluntarily to Enniskillen Police Station.
He appeared in court yesterday, flanked by two prison officers, after being flown from Northern Ireland to Liverpool on Thursday.