BBC News
December 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16177112
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| The case was heard at Belfast Crown Court |
A former priest has been found guilty of 19 sex abuse charges against three men.
James Donaghy, 53, from Lady Wallace Drive in Lisburn, had denied a total of 26 charges relating to a period between June 1983 and December 2000.
The jury will return to the court on Thursday to deliberate on the seven remaining charges.
Among the offences he was convicted of were indecent assault and serious sexual assault.
The victims were Father Patrick McCafferty, former altar boy James Doherty and a former trainee priest who cannot be named.
The jury returned unanimous verdicts on 16 of the charges and majority verdicts on the other three.
Donaghy ministered most recently in Bangor in County Down. He stepped down from the priesthood in 2004.
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