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	Trial of Roslea Priest Postponed until Today Fermanagh Herald [Northern Ireland] May 9, 2007 http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/fh/free/304345245510625.php The trial of Roslea priest Fr Jeremiah McGrath was postponed at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday afternoon, and is due to resume later today (Wednesday). Sixty-two-year-old McGrath faces charges of indecent assault and three counts of facilitating the rape of a 12-year-old girl. He will stand trial along with a 38-year-old man from Newtownabbey, Billy Adams, who is accused of several rapes and a number of other offences. The two men were arrested in December 2005. In April last year, Adams pleaded guilty to raping the girl in Blackpool during July and August 2005. But he denied 11 other counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault - all relating to the same girl - between May and November 2005. At a previous bail hearing, it was alleged that the priest gave Adams cash to groom the girl and to pay for the accommodation in which the abuse took place. He was further accused of driving the girl to see Adams, who had moved from Northern Ireland to live in Lancashire before he was arrested. McGrath, who denies the charges, is currently suspended from carrying out his parochial duties.
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